Microbial keratitis in the elderly - a 32-year review;Ceratite infecciosa em idosos - revisão de 32 anos

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Passos, Renato Magalhães ^a   Cariello, Angelino Julio ^a   Yu, Maria Cecília Zorat ^a   Höfling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness prevention control; Cornea microbiology; Eye infections, bacterial; Fungi isolation purification; Human; Keratitis microbiology; Midlle aged; Review

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BRAZIL; CONTACT LENS; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BRAZIL; CONTACT LENSES; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78449237961     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492010000400002     Document Type: Article

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