Pediatric ocular surface infections: A 5-year review of demographics, clinical features, risk factors, microbiological results, and treatment

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 995-1002

  Wong, Victoria W Y ^a,b   Lai, Timothy Y Y ^a,b   Chi, Stanley C C ^a,b   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

blepharokeratoconjunctivitis; conjunctivitis; infectious keratitis; ophthalmicus neonatorum

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EYE DROPS; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEPHARITIS; BLEPHAROKERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL SCRAPING; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEAL SCRAPING; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS KERATITIS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; OCULAR SURFACE INFECTION; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BLEPHARITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; DACRYOCYSTITIS; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80051793421     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31820770f4     Document Type: Review

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