The reculture technique: Individualizing the treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 464-467

  Wysenbeek, Y S ^a   Blank Porat, D ^a   Harizman, N ^a   Wygnanski Jaffe, Tamara ^a   Keller, N ^a   Avni, I ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Culture; Keratitis; Reculture technique

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BENZAMIDINES; BIGUANIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0033941980     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200007000-00011     Document Type: Article

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