Incidence of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis and its association with nasopharyngeal colonisation in a Hong Kong hospital, assessed by polymerase chain reaction

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-26

  Yip, Terri P P ^a   Chan, W H ^a   Yip, K T ^a   Que, T L ^a   Lee, M M ^a   Kwong, N S ^a   Ho, C K ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Chlamydia infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Conjunctivitis; Nasopharyngeal diseases; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NYSTATIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947601792     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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