Chlamydial diseases of the eye - A short overview;Chlamydienerkrankungen des auges - Eine kurze übersicht

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Behrens Baumann, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Doxycycline; Inclusion body conjunctivitis; Newborn conjunctivitis; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 33846640454     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-006-1463-z     Document Type: Short Survey

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