The clinical differentiation of bacterial and fungal keratitis: A photographic survey

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1787-1791

  Dalmon, Cyril ^a   Porco, Travis C ^a   Lietman, Thomas M ^a   Venkatesh Prajna, N ^b   Prajna, Lalitha ^b   Das, Mano Ranjan ^b   Arun Kumar, J ^b   Mascarenhas, Jeena ^b   Margolis, Todd P ^a   Whitcher, John P ^a   Jeng, Bennie H ^a   Keenan, Jeremy D ^a   Chan, Matilda F ^a   McLeod, Stephen D ^a   Acharya, Nisha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84859379651     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8478     Document Type: Article

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