3-monthly azithromycin administration for trachoma

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9688, 2009, Pages 449-

  Malhotra Kumar, Surbhi ^a   Coenen, Samuel ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^b,c   Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; LETTER; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; CHILD; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 68049121995     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61447-1     Document Type: Letter

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