Immunization and nutritional profile of cases with atraumatic microbial keratitis in preschool age group

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Jhanji, Vishal ^a,b   Naithani, Prashant ^c   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^b   Agarwal, Tushar ^c   Sharma, Namrata ^c   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; RETINOL; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRAUMATIC MICROBIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79957535322     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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