Epidemiological and microbiological profile of infective keratitis in Ahmedabad

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Tewari, Aarti ^a   Sood, Nidhi ^a   Vegad, Mahendra M ^a   Mehta, Dipak C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Microbial etiology; mucopurulent keratitis; suppurative keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIA; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864442529     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.98702     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Lily Therese K, Madhavan HN. Microbiological procedures for diagnosis of ocular infections. Available from: Http://www.ijmm. org. [cited in 2011].
2. Basak SK, Basak S, Mohanta A, Bhowmick A. Epidemiological and microbiological diagnosis of suppurative keratitis in gangetic West Bengal, Eastern India. Indian J Opthalmol 2005;53:17-22.
3. Bharathi MJ, Ramakrishnan R, Vasu S, Meenakshi R, Palaniappan R. Aetiological diagnosis of microbial keratitis in south India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2002;20:19-24.
4. Verenkar MP, Borkar S, Pinto MJ, Pradeep N. Study of mycotic keratitis in Goa. Indian J Med Microbiol 1998;16:58-60.
5. Bashir G, Shah A, Thokar MA, Rashid S, Shakeel S. Bacterial and fungal profile of corneal ulcers: A prospective study. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2005;48:273-7.
6. Bharathi MJ, Ramakrishnan R, Vasu S, Meenakshi R, Palaniappan R. Epidemiological characteristics and laboratory diagnosis of fungal keratitis: A three-year study. Indian J Ophthalmol 2003;51:315-21.
7. Srinivasan M, Gonzales CA, George C, Cevallus V, Mascarenhas JM, Asokan B, et al. Epidemiology and aetiological diagnosis of corneal ulceration in Madurai, south India. Br J Ophthalmol 1997;81:965-71.
8. Agrawal V, Biswas J, Madhavan HN, Mangat G, Reddy MK, Saini JS, et al. Current perspectives in infectious keratitis. Indian J Ophthalmol 1994;42:171-92.
9. Bharathi MJ, Ramakrishnan R, Vasu S, Meenakshi R, Shivkumar C, Palaniappan R. Epidemiology of bacterial keratitis in a referral centre in south India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2003;21:239-45.
10. Hagan M, Wright E, Newman M, Dolin P, Johnson GJ. Causes of suppurative keratitis in Ghana. Br J Ophthalmol 1995;79:1024-8.
11. Leck AK, Thomas PA, Hagan M, Kaliamurthy, Ackuaku E, John M, et al. Aetiology of suppurative corneal ulcers in Ghana and south India, and epidemiology of fungal keratitis. Br J Ophthalmol 2002;86:1211-5.