Follicular conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis an infant Saharan population: Molecular and clinical diagnosis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-146

  Javaloy, J ^a   Ferrer, Consuelo ^a   Vidal, M T ^a   Alio J L ^a,b  

^a Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLEARVIEW IMMUNOASSAY TEST; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REINFECTION; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; TRACHOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0037308408     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.2.142     Document Type: Article

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