An outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with contact lens wear in Singapore

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2867-2873

  Khor, Wei Boon ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Tambyah, Paul A ^d   Tan, Ai Ling ^e   Beuerman, Roger ^a   Lim, Li ^a,b   Chan, Wing Kwong ^a,b   Heng, Wee Jin ^f   Lim, Jimmy ^f   Loh, Raymond S K ^a,b,g   Lee, Sao Bing ^h   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFAZOLIN; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745666780     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.24.2867     Document Type: Article

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