Microbial keratitis in patients with down syndrome: A retrospective study

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-165

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^b   Moorthy, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopic keratoconjunctivitis; Down syndrome; Floppy eyelids; Microbial keratitis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORNEAL GLUING; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EYE DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TARSORRHAPHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INJECTIONS; KERATITIS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650626419     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181861d3a     Document Type: Article

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