Microbial keratitis pathogens and antibiotic susceptibilities: A 5-year review of cases at an urban county hospital in north Texas

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-49

  Pachigolla, Gowri ^a   Blomquist, Preston ^a   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Corneal ulcer; Microbial keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COCAINE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG ABUSE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SPECTRUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846335200     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000234002.88643.d0     Document Type: Review

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