A randomised controlled trial of azithromycin following surgery for trachomatous trichiasis in the Gambia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1282-1288

  Burton, Matthew J ^a,b   Kinteh, F ^c   Jallow, O ^b,c   Sillah, A ^c   Bah, M ^c   Faye, M ^d   Aryee, E A N ^b   Ikumapayi, U N ^b   Alexander, N D E ^a   Adegbola, R A ^b   Faal, H ^c   Mabey, D C W ^a   Foster, A ^a   Johnson, G J ^a,e   Bailey, R L ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c National Eye Care Programme   (Gambia)

^d Programme National de Lutte Contre La Cecite de la Republique du Senegal   (Senegal)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE SURGERY; EYELASH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYELID DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRACHOMA;

EID: 27744436692     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.062489     Document Type: Article

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