Ocular nocardia infections with special emphasis on the cornea

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 361-378

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

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amikacin; Bacteria; Corneal ulcer; Endophthalmitis; Keratitis; Keratoconjunctivitis; Nocardia keratitis; Sulphacetamide; Sulphamethoxazole; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CATALASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSERINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNGUS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MORAXELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035077286     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(00)00207-1     Document Type: Article

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