Studies of contact lens-related microbial keratitis in Australia and New Zealand: New learnings

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 354-357

  Stapleton, Fiona ^a,b,c   Keay, Lisa ^b,c   Edwards, Katie ^b,c   Naduvilath, Thomas ^a,b,c   Brian, Garry ^d   Jacobs, Rob ^e  

^a BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d International Centre for Eyecare Education   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Contact lens related microbial keratitis; Cost effectiveness; Hospital audit; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE; AUSTRALIA; CASE DETECTION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTACT LENS; CONTACT LENS RELATED MICROBIAL KERATITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; KERATITIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; NEW ZEALAND; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PARAMETER; PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE RATE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT LENSES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; KERATITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35848930539     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157c57e     Document Type: Review

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