Outbreak of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis with rugby sport due to soil exposure

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-754

  Kwok, A K H ^a   Tong, J M K ^b   Tang, B S F ^a   Poon, R W S ^c   Li, W W T ^a   Yuen, K Y ^c  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

keratoconjunctivitis; microsporidia; ruby

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; HEXAMIDINE ISETIONATE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEAL BIOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; RNA GENE; RUGBY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VITTAFORMA CORNEAE;

EID: 84879374540     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2013.55     Document Type: Article

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