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SOFT CONTACT LENS KERATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SERRATIA MARCESCENS
Author(s) -
PARMENT PERARNE,
RÖNNERSTAM ROLF A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1981.tb08343.x
Subject(s) - serratia marcescens , contact lens , keratitis , keratoconjunctivitis , medicine , lens (geology) , microbiology and biotechnology , optometry , ophthalmology , dermatology , optics , biology , escherichia coli , physics , biochemistry , gene
Three cases of keratoconjunctivitis associated with Serratia marcescens in patients wearing soft contact lenses are reported, and the possible pathogenical interaction between the bacterium and the soft lenses is discussed.