Acanthamoeba keratitis

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 493-508

  Illingworth, Christopher D ^a   Cook, Stuart D ^a  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lens; Penetrating keratoplasty; Perineural infiltrates; Polyhexamethylene biguanide; Propamidine isethionate; Ring infiltrate

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DIBROMPROPAMIDINE; GRAMICIDIN; HEXAMIDINE; NEOMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYMYXIN B; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DISINFECTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SUPERINFECTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031745810     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(98)00004-6     Document Type: Review

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