Acanthamoeba keratitis: Clinical characteristics and management

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-416

  Sun, Xuguang ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Li, Ran ^a   Wang, Zhiqun ^a   Luo, Shiyun ^a   Gao, Min ^a   Deng, Shijing ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Jin, Xiuying ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA ULCER; CYST; DEBRIDEMENT; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644551185     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.10.041     Document Type: Article

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