Infectious keratitis at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital: A-12-year retrospective study of 391 cases

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Boonpasart, Saratorn ^a   Puangsricharern, Vilavun ^a   Jittpoonkusol, Teerapat ^a   Kasetsuwan, Ngamjit ^a   Pariyakanok, Lalida ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Culture Results; Infectious keratitis; Predisposing factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KETOCONAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIFLURIDINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; CURVULARIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036621885     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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