Three Decades of Contact Lens-associated Microbial Keratitis in a Referral Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze patient data and the laboratory results of corneal samples collected from patients followed at the Ophthalmology Department, Hospital São Paulo, Brazil over a 30-year period, and correlate the analize with contact lens wearing. Methods: Corneal...

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Main Author: Agi,Jorge (author)
Other Authors: Rocchetti,Talita Trevizani (author), Yu,Maria Cecília Zorat (author), Farah,Michelle Lima (author), Ramos,Fabio (author), Freitas,Denise de (author), Höfling-Lima,Ana Luisa (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Contact lenses/adverse effects
Eye infections, bacterial/microbiology
Acanthamoeba keratitis
Corneal ulcer
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492021000500474
Country:Brazil
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