Etiological agents of suppurative corneal ulcer: study of 56 cases

• Main Authors: Akter, Laila, Salam, Md. Abdus, Hasan, Bulbul, Begum, Nurjahan, Ahmed, Iftikhar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangladesh Society of Medical Microbiologists 2009
• Subjects: QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87314/1/BJMM%20Corneal%20Ulcer.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87314/; http://doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v3i2.5325

This study was carried out to isolate and identify the etiological agents causing suppurative corneal ulcers and to perform the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the bacterial isolates. Samples (corneal swabs and scrapings) were collected aseptically from 56 suppurative corneal ulcer patients...