Contact lens-induced infectious keratitis in Japan

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Inoue, Naoki ^a   Toshida, Hiroshi ^a   Mamada, Naoki ^a   Kogure, Nobuyuki ^a   Murakami, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Corneal ulcer; Infectious keratitis; Microbial keratitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; EYE DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; JAPAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EYE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249742074     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000233869.21964.1b     Document Type: Article

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