Conjunctival flora in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-304

  Yamauchi, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Minoda, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoi, Katsutoshi ^a   Maruyama, Katsuhiko ^a   Kumakura, Shigeto ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a   Cruz, Jose M C ^b   Fukutake, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Conjunctival flora; HIV

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POTROX; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 26944484851     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940590951106     Document Type: Article

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