Nocardia transvalensis resistant to Amikacin: An unusual cause of microbial keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1082-1085

  Pandya, Vivek B ^a   Petsoglou, Con ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amikacin; Antibiotic resistance; Infectious keratitis; Nocardia transvalensis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; GLARE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOCARDIOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 58149174290     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181783a20     Document Type: Article

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