Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of keratitis

Annals of Ophthalmology - Glaucoma

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-26

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Frazier, Edith H ^b  

^a Navy Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032911295     PISSN: 10794794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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