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    Infection and disease after perinatal exposure to Chlamydia trachomatis in Nairobi, Kenya

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    Date
    1988
    Author
    Datta, P
    Laga, M
    Plummer, FA
    Ndinya-Achola, JO
    Piot, P
    Maitha, G
    Ronald, AR
    Brunham, RC
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    en
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    Abstract
    A cohort of 49 infants exposed to maternal chlamydial infection and 40 nonexposed infants was studied after birth for a mean of 3.3 +/- 1.5 and 3 +/- 1.7 mo, respectively. Eighteen (37%) exposed infants had at least one positive culture for Chlamydia trachomatis, whereas C. trachomatis was not isolated from any of the nonexposed infants. Eighteen (37%) exposed infants developed ophthalmia neonatorum (n = 12) or infant conjunctivitis (n = 7), compared with six (15%) of the nonexposed infants (P = .04). Six (12%) exposed infants developed pneumonia, compared with none of the 40 nonexposed infants (P = .05). One infant in the exposed group died during follow-up. These results suggest that appreciable infant morbidity in Kenya may be associated with the high prevalence of maternal chlamydial infection
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    http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3411148
    http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17102
    Citation
    J Infect Dis. 1988 Sep;158(3):524-8
    Publisher
    Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi
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