Prophylaxis of gonococcal and chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum. A comparison of silver nitrate and tetracycline.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 17, 1988

Authors

M Laga1, F A Plummer, P Piot, P Datta, W Namaara, J O Ndinya-Achola, H Nzanze, G Maitha, A R Ronald, H O Pamba

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

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