Alcaligenes xylosoxidans contact lens-related keratitis-a case report and literature review

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 386-389

  Ahmed, Abdalla Awadalla ^a   Pineda, Roberto ^b  

^a Makkah Eye Complex   (Sudan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans; Contact lens; Infectious keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL BIOPSY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANNUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULCER HEALING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ALCALIGENES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; QUINOLINES;

EID: 80255140508     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318235893a     Document Type: Review

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