Aeromonas caviae keratitis associated with contact lens wear

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 348-351

  Pinna, Antonio ^a   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a   Zanetti, Stefania ^a   Usai, Donatella ^a   Carta, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENTEROTOXIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; HOMATROPINE; NETILMICIN; PROTEINASE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ALLELE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CYTOLYSIS; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EYE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; KERATITIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0842331992     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.05.012     Document Type: Article

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