Multistate outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with use of a contact lens solution

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 953-963

  Chang, Douglas C ^a,c,l   Grant, Gavin B ^b,c   O'Donnell, Kerry ^d   Wannemuehler, Kathleen A ^a   Noble Wang, Judith ^a   Rao, Carol Y ^a   Jacobson, Lara M ^a   Crowell, Claudia S ^a   Sneed, Rodlescia S ^e   Lewis, Felicia M T ^c,f   Schaffzin, Joshua K ^c,g   Kainer, Marion A ^h   Genese, Carol A ⁱ   Alfonso, Eduardo C ^j   Jones, Dan B ^k   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a   Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Park, Benjamin J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Miami Dade County   (United States)

^f Philadelphia Department of Health   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l MS C 09   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KERATITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG PACKAGING; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG PACKAGING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747584933     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.8.953     Document Type: Article

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