Recent outbreaks of atypical contact lens-related keratitis: What have we learned?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Tu, Elmer Y ^a   Joslin, Charlotte E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; NATAMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ATYPICAL CONTACT LENS RELATED INFECTIOUS KERATITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTACT LENS; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EYE CARE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM KERATITIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; MANDATORY TESTING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SINGAPORE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MYCOSES; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049481761     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.06.045     Document Type: Article

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