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. 2009 Jul;15(7):1088-90.
doi: 10.3201/eid1507.081563.

Lack of macrolide resistance in Chlamydia trachomatis after mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma

Kevin Cyrus Hong  1 , Julius Schachter, Jeanne Moncada, Zhaoxia Zhou, Jenafir House, Thomas M Lietman
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Lack of macrolide resistance in Chlamydia trachomatis after mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma

Kevin Cyrus Hong et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

We investigated antimicrobial drug resistance in ocular Chlamydia trachomatis 18 months after 4 biannual communitywide distributions of antimicrobial drugs in a region of Ethiopia where ocular strains of C. trachomatis are highly endemic. We found no significant differences in susceptibilities to azithromycin and doxycycline in 6 posttreatment and 4 pretreatment samples.

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