Rates of chlamydial conjunctivitis drop after CDC screening recommendationsBortz, KatherineOcular Surgery News
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Chlamydial pneumoniais manifested between the 4th and 11th weeks of life in most infants.491Infants typically are afebrile and tachypneic, and they have a characteristic staccatocough. Only half of the patients have a history ofconjunctivitis.Otitis mediaoccurs frequently.127 ...
What are the treatment options and duration for chlamydial conjunctivitis and chlamydial pneumonia?What are the CDC treatment guidelines for gonococcal infection and chlamydial genitourinary infections (chlamydia)?What are the CDC guidelines for treatment of chlamydial genitourinary infections (chlamydia) ...
Reactive arthritis, characterized by the classic triad of trigger infection (e.g., chlamydia), conjunctivitis, and arthritis, can complicate chlamydial infection (Chapter 249). There is a male predominance in reactive arthritis cases triggered by chlamydia, and it has been estimated that reactive art...
Some 30% of infants born to infected mothers become infected. In the majority of cases the only consequence of this is a self-limitingconjunctivitispresenting within the first 2 weeks of life, but occasionally chlamydial ophthalmia is more severe and if it persists it may give rise to conjunctiv...