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Assessment of herd protection against trachoma due to repeated mass antibiotic distributions: a cluster-randomised trial.

House JI, Ayele B, Porco TC, Zhou Z, Hong KC, Gebre T, Ray KJ, Keenan JD, Stoller NE, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Emerson PM, Lietman TM.

Lancet. 2009 Mar 28;373(9669):1111-8.PMID: 19329003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduction and return of infectious trachoma in severely affected communities in ethiopia.

Lakew T, House J, Hong KC, Yi E, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Zhou Z, Ray K, Chin S, Romero E, Keenan J, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3(2):e376. Epub 2009 Feb 3.PMID: 19190781 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Corticosteroids for bacterial corneal ulcers.

Srinivasan M, Lalitha P, Mahalakshmi R, Prajna NV, Mascarenhas J, Chidambaram JD, Lee S, Hong KC, Zegans M, Glidden DV, McLeod S, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM, Acharya NR.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Feb;93(2):198-202. Epub 2008 Oct 1.PMID: 18829631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prospective comparison of microbial culture and polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of corneal ulcer.

Kim E, Chidambaram JD, Srinivasan M, Lalitha P, Wee D, Lietman TM, Whitcher JP, Van Gelder RN.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;146(5):714-23, 723.e1. Epub 2008 Aug 15.PMID: 18707670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis ocular infection in trachoma-endemic communities by rRNA amplification.

Yang JL, Hong KC, Schachter J, Moncada J, Lekew T, House JI, Zhou Z, Neuwelt MD, Rutar T, Halfpenny C, Shah N, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jan;50(1):90-4. Epub 2008 Aug 8.PMID: 18689701 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mooren''s ulcer following extracapsular cataract extraction.

Acharya NR, Srinivasan M, Kundu A, Lietman TM, Whitcher JP, Cunningham ET Jr.

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2008 May-Jun;18(3):351-5.PMID: 18465715 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of annual and biannual mass antibiotic administration for elimination of infectious trachoma.

Melese M, Alemayehu W, Lakew T, Yi E, House J, Chidambaram JD, Zhou Z, Cevallos V, Ray K, Hong KC, Porco TC, Phan I, Zaidi A, Gaynor BD, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM.

JAMA. 2008 Feb 20;299(7):778-84.PMID: 18285589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does in vitro susceptibility predict clinical outcome in bacterial keratitis?

Chen A, Prajna L, Srinivasan M, Mahalakshmi R, Whitcher JP, McLeod S, Lietman TM, Acharya NR.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Mar;145(3):409-412. Epub 2008 Jan 22.PMID: 18207124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Complete elimination is a difficult goal for trachoma programs in severely affected communities.

Gill DA, Lakew T, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Zhou Z, House JI, Hong KC, Ray KJ, Gandhi N, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 15;46(4):564-6.PMID: 18194094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A rationale for continuing mass antibiotic distributions for trachoma.

Ray KJ, Porco TC, Hong KC, Lee DC, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Lakew T, Yi E, House J, Chidambaram JD, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM.

BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 7;7:91.PMID: 17683646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Microbial keratitis in the developing world: does prevention work?

Upadhyay MP, Srinivasan M, Whitcher JP.

Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2007 Summer;47(3):17-25. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17667273 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spectrum of eye disease caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Freidlin J, Acharya N, Lietman TM, Cevallos V, Whitcher JP, Margolis TP.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Aug;144(2):313-5.PMID: 17659970 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chlamydia on children and flies after mass antibiotic treatment for trachoma.

Lee S, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Lakew T, Lee D, Yi E, Cevallos V, Donnellan C, Zhou Z, Chidambaram JD, Gaynor BD, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jan;76(1):129-31.PMID: 17255240 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hookworm infestation as a risk factor for Mooren's ulcer in South India.

Zelefsky JR, Srinivasan M, Kundu A, Lietman T, Whitcher JP, Wang K, Buyse M, Cunningham ET Jr.

Ophthalmology. 2007 Mar;114(3):450-3. Epub 2006 Nov 21.PMID: 17123614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical characteristics of Mooren's ulcer in South India.

Srinivasan M, Zegans ME, Zelefsky JR, Kundu A, Lietman T, Whitcher JP, Cunningham ET Jr.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 May;91(5):570-5. Epub 2006 Oct 11.PMID: 17035269 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Moraxella, down but not out--the eye bug that won't go away.

Whitcher JP, Cevallos V.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Oct;90(10):1215-6. No abstract available. PMID: 16980639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fusarium--A new culprit in the contact lens case.

Margolis TP, Whitcher JP.

JAMA. 2006 Aug 23;296(8):985-7. No abstract available. PMID: 16929565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Corneal ulceration in south-east Asia III: prevention of fungal keratitis at the village level in south India using topical antibiotics.

Srinivasan M, Upadhyay MP, Priyadarsini B, Mahalakshmi R, Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Dec;90(12):1472-5. Epub 2006 Aug 17.PMID: 16916874 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Corneal ulceration in South East Asia. II: a strategy for the prevention of fungal keratitis at the village level in Burma.

Maung N, Thant CC, Srinivasan M, Upadhyay MP, Priyadarsini B, Mahalakshmi R, Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug;90(8):968-70. Epub 2006 May 17.PMID: 16707522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antioxidants in prevention of cataracts in South India: methodology and baseline data*.

Gritz DC, Srinivasan M, Smith SD, Kim U, Lietman TM, Wilkins JH, Priyadharshini B, Aravind S, Prajna NV, Smolin G, Thulasiraj RD, Selvaraj S, Whitcher JP.

Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2006 Apr;13(2):97-107.PMID: 16581613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Antioxidants in Prevention of Cataracts Study: effects of antioxidant supplements on cataract progression in South India.

Gritz DC, Srinivasan M, Smith SD, Kim U, Lietman TM, Wilkins JH, Priyadharshini B, John RK, Aravind S, Prajna NV, Duraisami Thulasiraj R, Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Jul;90(7):847-51. Epub 2006 Mar 23.PMID: 16556618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of a single mass antibiotic distribution on the prevalence of infectious trachoma.

Chidambaram JD, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Lakew T, Yi E, House J, Cevallos V, Zhou Z, Maxey K, Lee DC, Shapiro BL, Srinivasan M, Porco T, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM.

JAMA. 2006 Mar 8;295(10):1142-6.PMID: 16522834 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Correlation between clinical suspicion and polymerase chain reaction verification of infectious vitritis.

Acharya N, Lietman T, Cevallos V, Whitcher JP, Saidel M, Stone D, Duncan J, Margolis TP.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar;141(3):584-5.PMID: 16490520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Corneal ulceration in South East Asia. I: a model for the prevention of bacterial ulcers at the village level in rural Bhutan.

Getshen K, Srinivasan M, Upadhyay MP, Priyadarsini B, Mahalaksmi R, Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar;90(3):276-8.PMID: 16488943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reliability of transport medium in the laboratory evaluation of corneal ulcers.

McLeod SD, Kumar A, Cevallos V, Srinivasan M, Whitcher JP.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Dec;140(6):1027-1031.PMID: 16376646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of phaeniciatic ophthalmomyiasis externa.

Huynh N, Dolan B, Lee S, Whitcher JP, Stanley J.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Oct;89(10):1377-8. No abstract available. PMID: 16170142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Topical ocular antibiotics induce bacterial resistance at extraocular sites.

Gaynor BD, Chidambaram JD, Cevallos V, Miao Y, Miller K, Jha HC, Bhatta RC, Chaudhary JS, Osaki Holm S, Whitcher JP, Holbrook KA, Fry AM, Lietman TM.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Sep;89(9):1097-9.PMID: 16113356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lamivudine is not effective in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Gescuk B, Wu AJ, Whitcher JP, Daniels TE, Lund S, Fye K, Davis JC Jr.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2005 Sep;64(9):1326-30. Epub 2005 Feb 11.PMID: 15708886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Trachoma decline and widespread use of antimicrobial drugs.

Chidambaram JD, Bird M, Schiedler V, Fry AM, Porco T, Bhatta RC, Jha H, Chaudary JS, Gaynor B, Yi E, Whitcher JP, Osaki-Holm S, Lietman TM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;10(11):1895-9.PMID: 15550197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mass antibiotic treatment and community protection in trachoma control programs.

Chidambaram JD, Melese M, Alemayehu W, Yi E, Prabriputaloong T, Lee DC, Cevallos V, Zhou Z, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 1;39(9):e95-7. Epub 2004 Oct 6.PMID: 15494901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How reliable is the clinical exam in detecting ocular chlamydial infection?

Miller K, Schmidt G, Melese M, Alemayehu W, Yi E, Cevallos V, Donnellan C, Olinger L, Fantaye D, Gaynor B, Whitcher JP, Lietman T.

Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2004 Jul;11(3):255-62.PMID: 15370556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Feasibility of eliminating ocular Chlamydia trachomatis with repeat mass antibiotic treatments.

Melese M, Chidambaram JD, Alemayehu W, Lee DC, Yi EH, Cevallos V, Zhou Z, Donnellan C, Saidel M, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM.

JAMA. 2004 Aug 11;292(6):721-5.PMID: 15304470 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pseudogerontoxon.

Jeng BH, Whitcher JP, Margolis TP.

Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2004 Aug;32(4):433-4.PMID: 15281982 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in the etiology of infectious corneal ulcers at the F. I. Proctor Foundation.

Varaprasathan G, Miller K, Lietman T, Whitcher JP, Cevallos V, Okumoto M, Margolis TP, Yinghui M, Cunningham ET Jr.

Cornea. 2004 May;23(4):360-4.PMID: 15097130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The treatment of dry eyes.

Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2004 May;88(5):603-4. No abstract available. PMID: 15090407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intracorneal graphite particles.

Jeng BH, Whitcher JP, Margolis TP.

Cornea. 2004 Apr;23(3):319-20. No abstract available. PMID: 15084872 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel mutations in the CHST6 gene associated with macular corneal dystrophy in southern India.

Warren JF, Aldave AJ, Srinivasan M, Thonar EJ, Kumar AB, Cevallos V, Whitcher JP, Margolis TP.

Arch Ophthalmol. 2003 Nov;121(11):1608-12.PMID: 14609920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Too dry or not too dry.

Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jun;87(6):665-6. No abstract available. PMID: 12770956 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Eliminating trachoma in areas with limited disease.

Gaynor BD, Miao Y, Cevallos V, Jha H, Chaudary JS, Bhatta R, Osaki-Holm S, Yi E, Schachter J, Whitcher JP, Lietman T.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May;9(5):596-8.PMID: 12737745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

What more is there to learn about trachoma?

Melese M, Alemayehu W, Gaynor B, Yi E, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 May;87(5):521-2. No abstract available. PMID: 12714381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community treatment with azithromycin for trachoma is not associated with antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae at 1 year.

Gaynor BD, Holbrook KA, Whitcher JP, Holm SO, Jha HC, Chaudhary JS, Bhatta RC, Lietman T.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Feb;87(2):147-8.PMID: 12543738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Disappearance of trachoma from Western Nepal.

Jha H, Chaudary JS, Bhatta R, Miao Y, Osaki-Holm S, Gaynor B, Zegans M, Bird M, Yi E, Holbrook K, Whitcher JP, Lietman T.

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Sep 15;35(6):765-8. Epub 2002 Aug 21.PMID: 12203176 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of corneal ulceration in the developing world.

Whitcher JP, Srinivasan M, Upadhyay MP.

Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2002 Winter;42(1):71-7. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12189617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Haemophilus influenzae corneal ulcer associated with atopic keratoconjunctivitis and herpes simplex keratitis.

Siverio CD Jr, Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Apr;86(4):478-9. No abstract available. PMID: 11914228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Biotypes and serotypes of Haemophilus influenzae ocular isolates.

Alrawi AM, Chern KC, Cevallos V, Lietman T, Whitcher JP, Margolis TP, Cunningham ET Jr.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Mar;86(3):276-7.PMID: 11864881 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Corneal blindness: a global perspective.

Whitcher JP, Srinivasan M, Upadhyay MP.

Bull World Health Organ. 2001;79(3):214-21. Epub 2003 Jul 7. Review.PMID: 11285665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Blindness: a global priority for the twenty-first century.

Cunningham ET Jr, Lietman TM, Whitcher JP.

Bull World Health Organ. 2001;79(3):180. No abstract available. PMID: 11285659 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The Bhaktapur eye study: ocular trauma and antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of corneal ulceration in Nepal.

Upadhyay MP, Karmacharya PC, Koirala S, Shah DN, Shakya S, Shrestha JK, Bajracharya H, Gurung CK, Whitcher JP.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2001 Apr;85(4):388-92.PMID: 11264124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Leprosy--a new look at an old disease.

Whitcher JP, Srinivasan M.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2000 Aug;84(8):809-10. No abstract available. PMID: 10906079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Bilateral scleral pit associated with systemic sclerosis.

Mabon M, Whitcher JP, Anderson R.

Am J Ophthalmol. 1999 Oct;128(4):521-2.PMID: 10577603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles