Alterations in the conjunctival bacterial flora following a single dose of azithromycin in a trachoma endemic area.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on December 01, 1999

Authors

K C Chern1, S K Shrestha, V Cevallos, H L Dhami, P Tiwari, L Chern, J P Whitcher, T M Lietman

Author Affiliations

1: Francis I Proctor Foundation and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Azithromycin in Control of Trachoma II | NCT00286026

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