Diagnosis, clinical features and treatment outcome of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 793-795

  Das, Sujata ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Sahu, Srikant K ^a   Nayak, Shyam S ^a   Kar, Sarita ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEAL BIOPSY; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIGUANIDES; CHILD; DISINFECTANTS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LUBRICANTS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863393174     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301227     Document Type: Article

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