A prospective study of the impact of community-based azithromycin treatment of trachoma on carriage and resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-362

  Leach, Amanda J ^a   Shelby James, Tania M ^b   Mayo, Mark ^b   Gratten, Mike ^b   Laming, Andrew C ^b   Currie, Bart J ^b   Mathews, John D ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0031017760     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.3.356     Document Type: Article

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