Epidemiological features and laboratory results of bacterial and fungal keratitis: A five-year study at a rural tertiary-care hospital in western Maharashtra, India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-267

  Deorukhkar, Sachin ^a   Katiyar, Ruchi ^a   Saini, Santosh ^a  

^a PRAVARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Corneal scraping; Corneal ulceration; Microbial keratitis; Ocular trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA ULCER; CURVULARIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859748369     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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