Acanthamoeba keratitis in a non-contact lens wearer with human immunodeficiency virus

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-209

  Hansen, Birgitte ^a   Kronborg, Gitte ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FUSIDATE SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMYXIN B; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVISCERATION; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROBIOLOGY; REMISSION; SCAR FORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTACT LENSES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS;

EID: 0037986710     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655400310000157     Document Type: Article

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