Acanthamoeba keratitis and contact lens wear

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-360

  Lindsay, Richard G ^a,e   Watters, Grant ^b   Johnson, Richard ^b   Ormonde, Susan E ^b,c   Snibson, Grant R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Green Lane Hospital   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lenses

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547893421     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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