Epidemiology and medical prediction of microbial keratitis in southeast Brazil

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Ibrahim, Marlon Moraes ^a   Vanini, Rafael ^b   Ibrahim, Fuad Moraes ^a   de Paula Martins, Wellington ^a   de Campos Carvalho, Rodrigo Teixeira ^a   de Castro, Rosane Silvestre ^b   Rocha, Eduardo Melani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eye infections, bacterial epidemiology; Eye infections, bacterial microbiology; Eye infections, bacterial therapy; Eye infections, fungal microbiology; Eye infections, fungal epidemiology; Eye infections, fungal therapy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BRAZIL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959325329     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492011000100002     Document Type: Article

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