Update on Bacterial Conjunctivitis in South Florida

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Cavuoto, Kara ^a   Zutshi, Deepti ^a   Karp, Carol L ^a   Miller, Darlene ^a   Feuer, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR DIFFUSION; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLORIDA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 37349094346     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.03.076     Document Type: Article

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