Association between cultures of contact lens and corneal scraping in contact lens-related microbial keratitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1182-1185

  Das, Sujata ^a   Sheorey, Harsha ^b   Taylor, Hugh R ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548646706     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.9.1182     Document Type: Article

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