Diagnosis of bacterial contact lens related keratitis with the white- light confocal microscope

CLAO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 274-277

  Kaufman, Stephen C ^a   Laird, Jeffery A ^a   Cooper, Robin ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROORGANISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029844395     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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