View 2: Empirical fluoroquinolone therapy is sufficient initial treatment

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1169-1172

  Morlet, N ^a   Daniell, M ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; EYE INFECTION; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CONTACT LENS; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0041356880     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.9.1169     Document Type: Review

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