Topical azithromycin: New evidence?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 566-567

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Wormald, Richard ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; HUMANS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 34248142836     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.107102     Document Type: Editorial

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