Relationship Between Climate, Disease Severity, and Causative Organism for Contact Lens-Associated Microbial Keratitis in Australia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Stapleton, Fiona ^a,b   Keay, Lisa J ^a,b   Sanfilippo, Paul G ^a   Katiyar, Suchi ^a,b   Edwards, Katie P ^a,b   Naduvilath, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLIMATE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; KERATITIS; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOCARDIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 35348938530     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.06.037     Document Type: Article

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