Trends in contact lens-associated microbial keratitis in Southern India

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 138-143

  Sharma, Savitri ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Sujatha ^a   Aasuri, Murali K ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATITIS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037224778     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01283-6     Document Type: Article

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