Seasonal Variation in the Presentation of Infectious Keratitis

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 295-297

  Gorski, Matthew ^a   Genis, Alina ^a   Yushvayev, Sharon ^a   Awwad, Ahmed ^a   Lazzaro, Douglas R ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Climate; Contact lens; Culture; Fungal; Infectious; Keratitis; Organism; Pseudomonas; Seasonal; Ulcers

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUMMER; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW YORK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949058356     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000213     Document Type: Article

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