Conjunctival flora in patients with parkinson's disease

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Kusbeci, Tuncay ^a   Kusbeci, Özge Yilmaz ^a   Aktepe, Orhan Cem ^a   Yavas, Güliz ^a   Ermis, S Samet ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus; Conjunctival flora; Eye blink rate; Parkinson's disease; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; COAGULASE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE EXAMINATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; AGED; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; COAGULASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67649666950     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680902725970     Document Type: Article

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