The first case of keratitis caused by Nocardia exalbida

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 333-336

  Mizota, Atsushi ^a   Haki, Kyoko ^a   Shiina, Chikako ^a   Tanaka, Minoru ^a   Nakazawa, Takeshi ^a   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^b   Mikami, Yuzuru ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S RNA gene sequence analysis; Antibiotics; Corticosteroids; Keratitis; Nocardia exalbda

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BETAMETHASONE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; KERATITIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA EXALBIDA; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REGENERATION;

EID: 34548499665     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9079-0     Document Type: Article

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