Multivariate analysis of childhood microbial keratitis in South India

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-189

  Singh, Gurdeep ^a   Palanisamy, Manikandan ^a   Madhavan, Bhaskar ^b   Rajaraman, Revathi ^a   Narendran, Kalpana ^a   Kour, Avneesh ^c   Venkatapathy, Narendran ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Corneal ulcer; Fungal; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 33745215621     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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