Nocardia keratitis: Clinical course and effect of corticosteroids

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lalitha, Prajna ^a   Srinivasan, Muthiah ^a   Rajaraman, Revathi ^a   Ravindran, Meenakshi ^a   Mascarenhas, Jeena ^a   Priya, Jeganathan Lakshmi ^a   Sy, Aileen ^b   Oldenburg, Catherine E ^b   Ray, Kathryn J ^b   Zegans, Michael E ^c   McLeod, Stephen D ^d   Lietman, Thomas M ^b,d   Acharya, Nisha R ^b,d  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOXIFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SNELLEN CHART; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84869093547     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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