Single-dose azithromycin for chlamydia in pregnant women

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 509-514

  Wehbeh, Hassan A ^a   Ruggeirio, Rose Mary ^a   Shahem, Sara ^a   Lopez, Gerardo ^a   Ali, Youssef ^a  

^a LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Pregnancy complications; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0031868027     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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