Predisposing factors, clinical and microbiological aspects of bacterial keratitis: A clinical study

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-210

  Cruciani, Filippo ^a,b   Cuozzo, G ^a   Di Pillo, S ^a   Cavallaro, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial keratitis; Contact lens; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA SURGERY; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749129400     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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