Incidence, causes and prevention of contact-lens-associated infectious keratitis;Häufigkeit, ursachen und prävention der kontaktlinsen-assoziierten infektiösen keratitis

Hygiene + Medizin

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 438-449

  Kramer, Axel ^a   Höh, Helmut ^a   Roth, Hans Walter ^b   Rudolph, P ^a   Schnell, Dieter ^c   Tost, Frank ^a   Werner, Heinz Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Wiss Kontaktoptik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d HYGCEN GERMANY GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hygiene; Keratitis; Soft contact lenses

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRONOPOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OPTI FREE; OXYSEPT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

CONTACT LENS; DISINFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS KERATITIS; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0011732142     PISSN: 01723790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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