Are inflammatory events a marker for an increased risk of microbial keratitis?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 383-387

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Naduvilath, Thomas J ^b  

^a Institute for Eye Research   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infection; Inflammatory events; Microbial keratitis; Pathogenesis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35848936476     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157d86b     Document Type: Review

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