Clinical aspects and prognosis of mixed microbial (bacterial and fungal) keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 409-413

  Ahn, Min ^a   Yoon, Kyung Chul ^b   Ryu, Seong Kwang ^a   Cho, Nam Chun ^a   You, In Cheon ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bacteria; clinical aspects; fungi; Mixed keratitis; prognosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA ULCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952991243     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181f23704     Document Type: Article

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