Non viral infectious keratitis: Predisposing factors, etiologic agents and laboratory diagnosis;Queratitis infecciosa no viral: Factores predisponentes, agentes etiológicos y diagnóstico de laboratorio

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-239

  Nicola, Federico ^a  

^a Estudios Microbiológicos Especiales ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Etiology; Infectious keratitis; Laboratory diagnosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIBEKACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ACREMONIUM; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA; CONTACT LENS; CURVULARIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXOPHIALA; FUSARIUM; KERATITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; KERATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 31944437429     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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