The prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis among patients with acute conjunctivitis in Kasr Alainy ophthalmology clinic

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mowafy, Maha Abdelrahman ^a   Saad, Nagwa Eid ^a   El Mofty, Hala Mohamed ^b   Elanany, Mervat Gaber ^b   Mohamed, Marwa Sayed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blindness; Chlamydia trachomatis; Conjunctivitis; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EGYPT; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895780290     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.151.3818     Document Type: Article

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