Chlamydial positivity of nasal discharge at baseline is associated with ocular chlamydial positivity 2 months following azithromycin treatment

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4767-4771

  Gower, Emily West ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^b   Burton, Matthew J ^b,c   Aguirre, Aura ^b   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Bailey, Robin ^b,c   Holland, Martin ^b,c   Makalo, Pateh ^c   Massae, Patrick ^d   Mkocha, Harran ^e   Mabey, David C ^b   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d Huruma Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECRETION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 34247134565     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1599     Document Type: Article

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