Nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae conjunctivitis resulting in infectious keratitis and bilateral corneal perforation

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 558-561

  Aung, Tin ^a   Chan, Tat Keong ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corneal melt; Infectious keratitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA PERFORATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344043356     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199809000-00015     Document Type: Article

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