Oral erythromycin prophylaxis vs watchful waiting in caring for newborns exposed to Chlamydia trachomatis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 565-571

  Rosenman, Marc B ^a   Mahon, Barbara E ^a,b   Downs, Stephen M ^a   Kleiman, Martin B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DECISION TREES; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PYLORIC STENOSIS;

EID: 0037637538     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.565     Document Type: Article

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