Trends in microbial keratitis associated with orthokeratology

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 373-377

  Watt, Kathleen G ^a   Swarbrick, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Corneal refractive therapy; Microbial keratitis; Orthokeratology; Pseudomonas; Rigid contact lenses

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; CHINA; CORNEA; GAS PERMEABILITY; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL KERATITIS; OPTOMETRY; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; OVERNIGHT CONTACT LENS WEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REFRACTION ERROR; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TECHNIQUE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 35848947401     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157cd8d     Document Type: Review

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