Open AccessMicrobial Keratitis at an Urban Public Hospital: A 10-Year Update
Author(s) -
David Truong,
Minh-Thuy Bui,
Pauras Memon,
Harrison D Cavanagh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2155-9570
DOI - 10.4172/2155-9570.1000498
Subject(s) - medicine , contact lens , keratitis , endophthalmitis , visual acuity , evisceration (ophthalmology) , ophthalmology , vancomycin , linezolid , retrospective cohort study , complication , fungal keratitis , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , bacteria
To review the epidemiology, risk factors, microbiologic spectrum, and treatment of microbial keratitis during a five-year period at an urban public hospital with comparison to similar findings a decade earlier at the same hospital.