Brevundimonas diminuta keratitis

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-65

  Pandit, Rahul T ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brevundimonas Diminuta; Cornea ulcer; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BESIFLOXACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREVUNDIMONAS DIMINUTA; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAULOBACTERACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84855350162     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31821c04f7     Document Type: Article

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