Incidence and microbiological profile of mycotic keratitis in a tertiary care eye hospital: A retrospective analysis

Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-221

  Alkatan, Hind ^a   Athmanathan, Sreedharan ^a   Canites, Conchita C ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Incidence; Microbiological profile; Mycotic keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PICHIA ANOMALA; PICHIA JADINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RHODOTORULA; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; YEAST;

EID: 84861006174     PISSN: 13194534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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