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Infectious Keratitis in Western Nepal: An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital

2018-12-19

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold> Corneal blindness is a major public health problem worldwide and infectious keratitis is one of its leading causes. The aim was is to analyze the microbial etiology of corneal ulcers and to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates in order to find out the existing drug resistance pattern. <bold>Methods:</bold> Corneal scrapings were...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.125/v1

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