| dc.contributor.author | Datta, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laga, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Plummer, FA | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ndinya-Achola, JO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Piot, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maitha, G | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ronald, AR | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brunham, RC | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-26T11:47:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T11:47:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | J Infect Dis. 1988 Sep;158(3):524-8 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3411148 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17102 | |
| dc.description.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 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Infection and disease after perinatal exposure to Chlamydia trachomatis in Nairobi, Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi | en |
