Lesson of the week: Microbial keratitis in intensive care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7078, 1997, Pages 433-434

  Kirwan, J F ^a,c   Potamitis, T ^b   El Kasaby, H ^b   Hope Ross, M W ^b   Sutton, G A ^b  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; KERATITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FATALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KERATITIS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031559078     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7078.433     Document Type: Article

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