A case of bilateral microsporidial keratitis from Bangladesh - Infection by an insect parasite from the genus Nosema

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1250-1252

  Curry, Alan ^a   Mudhar, Hardeep Singh ^b   Dewan, Sumedh ^c   Canning, Elizabeth U ^d   Wagner, Bart E ^e  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Chittagong Eye Infirmary and Training Complex   (Bangladesh)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INSECT; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; HUMANS; INSECTS; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA;

EID: 34748817990     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47297-0     Document Type: Article

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