Acanthamoeba, fungal, and bacterial keratitis: A comparison of risk factors and clinical features

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-62

  Mascarenhas, Jeena ^a   Lalitha, Prajna ^a   Prajna, N Venkatesh ^a   Srinivasan, Muthiah ^a   Das, Manoranjan ^a   D'Silva, Sean S ^a   Oldenburg, Catherine E ^b   Borkar, Durga S ^b   Esterberg, Elizabeth J ^b   Lietman, Thomas M ^b,c   Keenan, Jeremy D ^b,c  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPITHELIUM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KERATOMYCOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84890558553     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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