Chlamydia trachomatis conjunctivitis in newborns and infants
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1989-06-15
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Trujillo, H., Restrepo, C., Correa, A., Robledo, C., Harry, N., & Mejía R., G. I. (1989). Chlamydia trachomatis conjunctivitis in newborns and infants. Medicina UPB, 8(1), 27-32. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/5683

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Carlos Restrepo
Social Security Institute
Alberto Correa
Social Security Institute
Norman Harry
General Hospital of Medellín
Abstract
We studied 50 children with clinical conjunctivitis. In 6 (12%) C. trachomatis was detected associated in 2 with S. aureus and S.epidermidis. In 26 bacterial pathogens were isolated: S. epidermidis, S. aureus, E.coli, S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae and H. influenzae.
Keywords:
Conjuntivitis, Chamydia Trachomatis
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Author Biographies
Hugo Trujillo, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas
Researcher at the CIB, Pediatrician at the Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital.
Carlos Restrepo, Social Security Institute
Pediatrician of the I.S.S.
Alberto Correa, Social Security Institute
Head of Neonatology of the I.S.S.
Carlos Robledo, Pontifical Bolivarian University
Specialist in Microbiology and Medical Parasitology of the U.P.B. Currently Head of the Metro-health Laboratory, Medellín.
Norman Harry, General Hospital of Medellín
Head of the Pediatrics Section of the Hospital General de Medellín (HGM).
Gloria Isabel Mejía R., Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas
Associate Researcher at the CIB.