Risk factors for contact lens-related Fusarium keratitis: A case-control study in Singapore

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-617

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Ooi, Peng Lim ^d   Tan, Donald T H ^a,c,e   Khor, Wei Boon ^c,e   Fong, Chee Weng ^d   Lim, Jayne ^d   Cajucom Uy, Howard Y ^c,e   Heng, Derrick ^d   Chew, Suok Kai ^d   Aung, Tin ^a,c,e   Tan, Ai Ling ^f   Chan, Cheng Leng ^g   Ting, Steven ^c   Tambyah, Paul A ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,e,h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^f SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34248578144     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.5.611     Document Type: Article

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