A longitudinal study of trends in keratitis in Australia

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-39

  Green, Matthew ^a,b,c   Apel, Andrew ^d   Stapleton, Fiona ^b,c,e  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cephalosporin; Contact lens; Pseudomonas; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449085761     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318156cb1f     Document Type: Article

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