Microbial keratitis in the elderly: a 32-year review
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Microbial keratitis in the elderly: a 32-year review.
PURPOSE To describe the demographic characteristics, associated factors and causative agents of infectious keratitis in the elderly in a tertiary referral center in São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS A retrospective review of all patients aged 60 years and over with a presumptive diagnosis of infectious keratitis who had material collected for microbiological analysis, between the years 1975 and 2007...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0004-2749
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492010000400002