A single round of mass azithromycin treatment is sufficiant for trachoma elimination in The Gambia [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Repeated mass azithromycin distributions are effective in controlling the ocular strains of chlamydia that cause trachoma. However, it is unclear when treatments can be discontinued. Investigators have proposed graduating communities when the
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Clinical and Translational Science, 2021 To utilize noninvasive collection of amniotic fluid in the setting of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROMs) to report the time concentration profile of azithromycin in amniotic fluid over 7 days from a single dose, and evaluate the correlation ...
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 In this study, an IncI1 plasmid encoding resistance to both cefotaxime and azithromycin was recovered from a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. The azithromycin resistance was confirmed to be mediated by the erm(B) gene. This plasmid could be readily
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Azithromycin plus chloroquine: combination therapy for protection against malaria and sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy. [PDF]
, 2011 INTRODUCTION: The first-line therapy for the intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
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SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Azithromycin is one of the most common drugs used in the protocol of treatment of pneumonia caused by COVID-19. But many researchers approved its toxicity on heart tissue.
Abeer F. Abd El-Naeem +2 more
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On the pathway to better birth outcomes? A systematic review of azithromycin and curable sexually transmitted infections. [PDF]
, 2013 The WHO recommends the administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) to all pregnant women living in areas of moderate (stable) to high malaria transmission during scheduled antenatal visits, beginning in the second trimester and continuing to ...
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A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of mass azithromycin treatment on growth and nutrition in Niger. [PDF]
, 2012 Antimicrobials are used primarily to treat infectious disease, but they have other effects. Here, we assess anthropometry measurements in children 6-60 months in 24 communities randomized to one or two mass azithromycin distributions over a 1-year period
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Removal of azithromycin from wastewater using advanced oxidation processes (UV/H2O2) and moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) by the response surface methodology (RSM) [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2019 Antibiotics are among the major concerns in terms of environmental control due to their cumulative properties, adverse health effects on humans, and development of drug resistance.
Rouhollah Shokri +4 more
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Azithromycin-chloroquine and the intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy. [PDF]
, 2008 In the high malaria-transmission settings of sub-Saharan Africa, malaria in pregnancy is an important cause of maternal, perinatal and neonatal morbidity.
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A cross-sectional study of 'yaws' in districts of Ghana which have previously undertaken azithromycin mass drug administration for trachoma control. [PDF]
, 2015 Yaws, caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, is reportedly endemic in Ghana. Mass distribution of azithromycin is now the cornerstone of the WHO yaws eradication campaign.
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