Treatment and outcome of Nocardia keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 458-462

  Sridhar, M S ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amikacin; Corneal scar; Infectious keratitis; Nocardia; Sulfacetamide; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NATAMYCIN; SULFACETAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034978646     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200107000-00003     Document Type: Article

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