Keratitis in a person wearing contact lenses;Queratitis en portador de lentes de contacto

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-282

  Pérez Pomata, Teresa ^a   Pérez Álvarez, María Jesús ^b   Rodríguez Zurita, María Elena ^b   Moreno López, María ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; GRAMICIDIN; IBUPROFEN; ITRACONAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE;

EID: 33745011141     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0213-005x(06)73775-2     Document Type: Article

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