Acanthamoeba keratitis and contact lens wear: Static or increasing problem?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 412-414

  Foulks, Gary N ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lens wear; Epidemiology; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CONTACT LENS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; WATER TREATMENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CONTACT LENSES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35848960090     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157e8be     Document Type: Short Survey

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