Lack of macrolide resistance in Chlamydia trachomatis after mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma

Kevin Cyrus Hong, Julius Schachter, Jeanne Moncada, Zhaoxia Zhou, Jenafir House, Thomas M Lietman, Kevin Cyrus Hong, Julius Schachter, Jeanne Moncada, Zhaoxia Zhou, Jenafir House, Thomas M Lietman

Abstract

We investigated antimicrobial drug resistance in ocular Chlamydia trachomatis 18 months after 4 biannual communitywide distributions of antimicrobial drugs in a region of Ethiopia where ocular strains of C. trachomatis are highly endemic. We found no significant differences in susceptibilities to azithromycin and doxycycline in 6 posttreatment and 4 pretreatment samples.

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