Severe Staphylococcus lugdunensis keratitis

Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-101

  Inada, N ^a   Harada, N ^a   Nakashima, M ^a   Shoji, J ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Empiric therapy; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Suppurative keratitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECTS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EYE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 84939882466     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0669-2     Document Type: Article

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