Spectrum of Eye Disease Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-315

  Freidlin, Julie ^a   Acharya, Nisha ^a   Lietman, Thomas M ^a   Cevallos, Vicky ^a   Whitcher, John P ^a   Margolis, Todd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLEPHARITIS; CALIFORNIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DACRYOCYSTITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34447621598     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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