Fungal keratitis and contact lenses: An old enemy unrecognized or a new nemesis on the block?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 415-417

  Tuli, Sonal S ^a,b   Iyer, Sandhya A ^a   Driebe Jr , William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Fungal keratitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; EPIDEMIC; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KERATOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MYCOSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35848933426     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157e999     Document Type: Article

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