Clinical and microbiological characteristics of fungal keratitis in the United States, 20012007: A multicenter study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 920-926

  Keay, Lisa J ^a   Gower, Emily W ^b,n   Iovieno, Alfonso ^c   Oechsler, Rafael A ^d   Alfonso, Eduardo C ^d   Matoba, Alice ^e   Colby, Kathryn ^f   Tuli, Sonal S ^g   Hammersmith, Kristin ^h   Cavanagh, Dwight ⁱ   Lee, Salena M ^j   Irvine, John ^k   Stulting, R Doyle ^l   Mauger, Thomas F ^m   Schein, Oliver D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l Woolfson Eye Institute   (United States)

^m THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YEAST;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955573051     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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