Study of the first contact management profile of cases of infectious keratitis: A hospital-based study

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-56

  Vajpayee, R B ^a   Dada, Tanuj ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^a   Vajpayee, Madhu ^b   Taylor, Hugh R ^c   Venkatesh, Pradeep ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corneal ulcer; Eye infection; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; EYE DROPS; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CORNEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033988293     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200001000-00011     Document Type: Article

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