Severe microbial keratitis in temperate and tropical Western Australia

Eye

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 575-580

  Gebauer, Annette ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a,c,d   Crawford, Geoffrey J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CONTACT LENS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SUTURE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029946402     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1996.133     Document Type: Article

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