Neonatal haemorrhagic conjunctivitis: A specific sign of chlamydial infection

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Chang, K ^a   Cheng, V Y W ^a   Kwong, N S ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PYLORUS STENOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; EDEMA; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 33344467743     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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