Acanthamoeba Keratitis Associated with Contact Lens Wear in Singapore

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Por, Yong Ming ^a,b   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b   Chua, Jocelyn L L ^a,b   Koh, Tse Hsien ^c   Khor, Wei Boon ^a,b   Fong, Allan C Y ^a,b   Lim, Jimmy W K ^d   Heng, Wee Jin ^d   Loh, Raymond S K ^e   Lim, Li ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,f  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; GENTAMICIN; HEXAMIDINE; HEXAMIDINE ISETIONATE; LEVOFLOXACIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; STEROID;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL KERATONEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67349136405     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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