Chlamydia trachomatis as a cause of neonatal conjunctivitis in Dutch infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rours, Ingrid G I J G ^a   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^c   Ott, Alewijn ^b   De Faber, Tjeerd J T H N ^d   Verbrugh, Henri A ^b   De Groot, Ronald ^a   Verkooyen, Roel P ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Neonatal conjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38849171251     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0153     Document Type: Article

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