Co-occurrence of pneumococcal keratitis and dacryocystitis

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-276

  Aasuri, Murali K ^a,c   Reddy, Madhukar K ^a,c   Sharma, Savitri ^b,c   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a,c  

^a Sight Savers Cornea Training Centre   (India)

^b Jhaveri Microbiology Center   (India)

^c L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic dacryocystitis; Infectious keratitis; Nasolacrimal drainage system; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMORBIDITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DACRYOCYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATITIS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032936119     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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