Nine years' review on preseptal and orbital cellulitis and emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus in a tertiary hospital in India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-435

  Pandian, Datta G ^a   Babu, Ramesh K ^a   Chaitra, A ^a   Anjali, A ^a   Rao, Vasudev A ^a   Srinivasan, Renuka ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anthrax; community acquired methicillin resistant Staphyloccus aureus; orbital cellulitis; preseptal cellulitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRAX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155199670     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.86309     Document Type: Article

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