Risk factors and causative organisms in microbial keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-27

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

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cephalosporin; Contact lens; Pseudomonas; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CHILD; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40449129810     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318156caf2     Document Type: Article

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