Evaluation of patients with corneal ulcer hospitalized in department of corneal diseases at national institute of ophthalmology in 1999
- Author:
Mai Phuong Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
corneal ulcer
- MeSH:
Corneal Ulcer;
Bacterial Infections
- From:Journal of Medical Research
1998;7(3):47-50
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The authors studied retrospectively medical and laboratory records of 270 patients (18.69% of all patients) with bacterial ulcer of cornea in Department of cornea diseases (National Institute of Ophthalmology) from January to December 1999. The results are as follow: 84.44% of patients lived in countryside. 73.7% of patients were at working age. The most common agent was fungus (50%), followed by bacteria (44.07%). 49.08% of patients were hospitalized one month after development of the disease. 12.61% of cases used incorrectly corticoid. Most of cases (91.86%) were hospitalized in blindness
