Bacterial keratitis in the critically ill

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1060-1063

  Parkin, Ben ^a   Turner, Andrew ^b   Moore, Elizabeth ^c   Cook, Stuart ^a  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0030665551     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.12.1060     Document Type: Article

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