Incidence and risk factors for microbial keratitis in Hong Kong: Comparison with Europe and North America

Eye

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 608-618

  Lam, D S C ^a   Houang, E ^a   Fan, D S P ^a   Lyon, D ^a   Seal, D ^c   Wong, E ^b   Leung, A T S ^b   Wong, A K K ^b   Tse, A T Y ^b   Wu, W K ^b   Chi, C ^b   Lam, N M ^b   Au, Y K ^b   Shiu, C Y ^b   Yeung, E F Y ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b City University ^*

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Incidence; Microbial keratitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUROPE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036737982     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700151     Document Type: Article

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