Open AccessMicrobial keratitis in Kingdom of Bahrain: Clinical and microbiology study
Author(s) -
Nada Al-Yousuf
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.48855
Subject(s) - contact lens , keratitis , medicine , blepharitis , cornea , acanthamoeba keratitis , ophthalmology , fungal keratitis , dermatology , surgery , optometry
Microbial keratitis is a potentially vision threatening condition worldwide. Knowing the predisposing factors and etiologic microorganism can help control and prevent this problem. This is the first study of its kind in Kingdom of Bahrain.