Polymicrobial infection and the eye

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-258

  Tuft, Stephen ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA ULCER; EDITORIAL; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RICKETTSIA; SKIN NECROSIS; SYMBIOSIS; UVEITIS; VIRUS;

EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33644639311     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.084095     Document Type: Editorial

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