Microbiological Keratitis in a Countryside City of Brazil

Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School74 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to identify the predisposing factors, epidemiological features and clinical and microbiological diagnosis of infectious keratitis in two public referral centers of ophthalmology in a countryside city of Brazil.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Keratitis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients admitted with clinical suspicious of keratitis from June 2008 to June 2009 (Keratitis group) * 37 volunteers without any ophthalmologic claim, recruited in the two ophthalmology centers listed (Control study group) Exclusion Criteria: * In the Control Study Group, no infectious ocular disease was accepted

Locations (1)

Sao Jose do Rio Preto University

São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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