Contact Lens Solution-associated Acanthamoeba and Fusarium Keratitis

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2010 Aug 26

PMID 20735950

Citations 3

Authors

John D Bullock

Ronald E Warwar

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Bullock J, Warwar R . Contact lens solution-associated Acanthamoeba and Fusarium keratitis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010; 16(9):1501-2. PMC: 3294962. DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.091381. View

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