Recent pattern of contact lens-related keratitis in Hong Kong

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 1 OF 2, 2007, Pages 284-287

  Hun Yu, Derek Kim ^a   Ng, Anita Sy ^a   Lau, Winnie W ^a   Wong, Chi Cheong ^a   Chan, Clement W ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial keratitis; Contact lens keratitis; Fungal keratitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REFRACTION ERROR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STORAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 36049033661     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318030c997     Document Type: Article

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