Bacillus cereus keratitis associated with contact lens wear

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1830-1834

  Pinna, Antonio ^a   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a   Zanetti, Stefania ^a   Usai, Donatella ^a   Delogu, Giovanni ^a   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^a   Carta, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CATALASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYAMINOPROPYL BIGUANIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DISINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 0034814135     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00723-0     Document Type: Article

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