Acanthamoeba keratitis treated with propamidine and polyhexamethyl biguanide;Queratitis por acantoamoeba tratadas con propamidina y polihexametil biguanida (PHMB)

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-401

  Donoso R, Rodrigo ^a,b,c   Mura C, Juan José ^a,b   López M, Mauricio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL SALVADOR   (Chile)

^b From the Phacodynamics Laboratory   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lenses; Polyhexamethylbiguanide; Propamidine

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; BENZAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; AMEBICIDES; BENZAMIDINES; BIGUANIDES; CONTACT LENSES; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036527352     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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