Bacillus oleronius and Demodex mite infestation in patients with chronic blepharitis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1020-1025

  Szkaradkiewicz, A ^a   Chudzicka Strugala, I ^a   Karpinski T M ^a   Goslinska Pawlowska O ^a   Tulecka, T ^a   Chudzicki, W ^b   Szkaradkiewicz, A K ^a   Zaba, R ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b 111 Military Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Bacillus oleronius; Blepharitis; Demodex mites; Eyelashes; PCR

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS OLERONIUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEPHARITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMODEX; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EYELASH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE INFESTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACARI; BACILLUS OLERONIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEMODEX;

EID: 84866177546     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03704.x     Document Type: Article

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