Acute conjunctivitis associated with biofilm formation on a punctal plug

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 559-560

  Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Okada, Kazumasa ^a   Sugita, Jiro ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilm; Conjunctivitis; Dry eye; Punctal plug

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CEFMENOXIME; EYE DROPS; FLUCONAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HEMOLYTICUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTICS, COMBINED; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033780904     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(00)00214-8     Document Type: Article

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