Systemic antibiotics for communitywide trachoma control

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-688

  Sommer, Alfred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG INDICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 18444387111     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.5.687     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Melese M, Chidambaram JD, Alemayehu W, et al. Feasibility of eliminating ocular Chlamydia trachomatis with repeat mass antibiotic treatments. JAMA. 2004;292:721-725.
2. Solomon AW, Holland MJ, Alexander NDE, et al. Mass treatment with single-dose azithromycin for trachoma. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1962-1971.