Profile of sight-threatening infectious keratitis: A prospective study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 643-651

  Otri, Ahmad M ^a,b   Fares, Usama ^a   Al Aqaba, Mouhamed A ^a   Miri, Ammar ^a,b   Faraj, Lana A ^a   Said, Dalia G ^a   Maharajan, Senthil ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Aleppo University Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

corneal ulcers; infectious keratitis; Nottinghamshire; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; ECONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CATARACT; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL ULCERS; INFECTIOUS KERATITIS; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885957419     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02489.x     Document Type: Article

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