- ►nih.gov - Free from Publisher MJ Burton, F Kinteh, O Jallow, A Sillah, M … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Individuals with trachomatous trichiasis were examined and operated.
After surgery patients were randomised to the azithromycin or control group. The
azithromycin group and children in their household were given a dose of ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►iovs.org MJ Burton, RJC Bowman, H Faal, EAN Aryee, … - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2006 - ARVO RESULTS. One hundred fifty-four people were examined at baseline and 4 years
later (241 nonsurgical eyes). At baseline 124 (52%) eyes had major trichiasis
(5+ lashes), 75 (31%) minor trichiasis (1–4 lashes), and 42 (17%) no ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PM Emerson, M Burton, AW Solomon, R … - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006 - SciELO Public Health Trachoma is a neglected disease and also the world's leading infectious cause of
blindness. It causes misery, dependency and is a barrier to development.
Trachoma is controlled by a WHO-endorsed integrated strategy of surgery for ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 18 versions
HR Wright, A Turner, HR Taylor - The Lancet, 2008 - Elsevier Trachoma is a keratoconjunctivitis caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia
trachomatis. Repeated or persistent episodes lead to increasingly severe
inflammation that can progress to scarring of the upper tarsal conjunctiva. ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 5 versions
D Dean, RP Kandel, HK Adhikari, T Hessel - PLoS Med, 2008 - medicine.plosjournals.org Chlamydia trachomatis is a unique obligate intracellular bacterium that remains
the leading cause of sexually transmitted bacterial diseases and preventable
blindness worldwide. Chronic ocular infections are referred to as trachoma, ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - Cached - All 10 versions
D Mabey - Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2008 - Springer Trachoma is a chronic kerato-conjunctivitis caused by the intracellular
bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. In the nineteenth century it was an important
cause of blindness in Europe and North America, but it disappeared from ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
R Khandekar, K Al-Hadrami, N Sarvanan, S … - American journal of ophthalmology, 2006 - Elsevier This study was conducted in an in-house setting. Ninety-one patients with TT who
underwent operation by the bilamellar tarsal rotation procedure (BTR) were our
study population. Their preoperative, operative, and immediate ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►iovs.org MJ Burton, RA Adegbola, F Kinteh, UN … - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2007 - ARVO PURPOSE. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.
Conjunctival scarring is initiated by recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
However, disease progression to trichiasis occurs even in regions where ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
AA Mathew, A Turner, HR Taylor - Drugs, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com Abstract Trachoma is a significant public health problem that is endemic in 57
coun- tries, affecting 40.6 million people and contributing to 4% of the global
bur- den of blindness. Repeated episodes of infection from Chlamydia ... Related articles - All 2 versions
R Khandekar, TK Thanh, VQ Luong - Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - ojoonline.org Aim : To compare determinants for recurrence of trichiasis at one and two years
following lid surgery in Vietnam. Study Design : Community-based intervention
study. Methods : This study was carried out between 2000 and 2003 in four ... Cached
