Microbial keratitis at a referral center in Brazil

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-204

  Cariello, Angelino Julio ^a   Passos, Renato Magalhães ^a   Yu, Maria Cecilia Zorat ^a   Hofling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal infection; Epidemiology; Keratitis; Microbiology; South America

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTACT LENS; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959718187     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-011-9441-0     Document Type: Article

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