Chlamydial conjunctivitis

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-32

  Lietman, T ^a   Whitcher, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYELID; FACE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; REVIEW; SURGERY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0033045142     PISSN: 08961549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-1549(05)70146-2     Document Type: Article

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