Microbiological profile of a shipboard environment and the flora on contact lenses of seamen

CLAO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-52

  Theng, J T S ^a   Lim Wee Kiak, ^a   Lee, B G L ^a   Tan, D ^a   Chew Sek Jin, ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; ENTEROBACTER; HUMAN; KERATITIS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SHIPS;

EID: 0035139274     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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