Microbiological evaluation of chronic blepharitis among iranian veterans exposed to mustard gas: A case-controlled study

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-623

  Karimian, Farid ^a   Zarei Ghanavati, Siamak ^a   Baradaran Rafii, A ^a   Jadidi, Khosrow ^a   Lotfi Kian, Alireza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

chemical warfare agent; chronic blepharitis; microbiological study; Mustard gas; ocular chemical injury; sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; MUSTARD GAS; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEPHARITIS; CANDIDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHRONIC BLEPHARITIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VETERAN;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BLEPHARITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; EYELIDS; FUNGI; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; PREVALENCE; VETERANS;

EID: 79957711811     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181e16f7c     Document Type: Article

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