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Short-term increase in prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus following mass drug administration with azithromycin for trachoma control

BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin is a corner-stone of trachoma control however it may drive the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. In a cluster-randomized trial (Clinical trial gov NCT00792922), we compared the reduction in the prevalence of active trachoma in communi...

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Autores principales: Bojang, Ebrima, Jafali, James, Perreten, Vincent, Hart, John, Harding-Esch, Emma M., Sillah, Ansumana, Mabey, David C. W., Holland, Martin J., Bailey, Robin L., Roca, Anna, Burr, Sarah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28351345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0982-x