Single-dose azithromycin prevents trichiasis recurrence following surgery: Randomized trial in Ethiopia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-314

  West, Sheila K ^a   West, Emily S ^a   Alemayehu, Wondu ^c   Melese, Muluken ^c   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Imeru, Alemush ^a   Worku, Alemayehu ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b   Meinert, Curtis L ^d   Quinn, Thomas ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (Ethiopia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; ETHIOPIA; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 33644903514     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.3.309     Document Type: Article

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