Ocular surface temperature gradient is increased in eyes with bacterial corneal ulcers

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-56

  Klamann, Matthias K J ^a   Maier, Anna Karina B ^a   Gonnermann, Johannes ^a   Klein, Julian Philip ^a   Bertelmann, Eckart ^a   Pleyer, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal ulcer; Infrared thermal imaging; Ocular surface temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CORNEAL ULCER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MORAXELLA; OCULAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868692091     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343774     Document Type: Article

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