Treatment of chlamydial conjunctivitis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-28

  Nakagawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult inclusion conjunctivitis; Antichlamydial agents; Chlamydial conjunctivitis; Epipharyngeal infection; Genitourinary tract infection; Neonatal inclusion conjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROKITAMYCIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOSUFLOXACIN;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0031039419     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310882     Document Type: Article

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