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Traditional eye medicine use in microbial keratitis in Uganda: a mixed methods study

Background: Traditional eye medicine (TEM) is frequently used to treat microbial keratitis (MK) in many parts of Africa. Few reports have suggested that this is associated with a worse outcome. We undertook this large prospective study to determine how TEM use impacts presentation and outcome of MK...

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Autores principales:	Arunga, Simon, Asiimwe, Allen, Apio Olet, Eunice, Kagoro-Rugunda, Grace, Ayebazibwe, Bosco, Onyango, John, Newton, Robert, Leck, Astrid, Macleod, David, Hu, Victor H., Seeley, Janet, Burton, Matthew J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	F1000 Research Limited 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31633056 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15259.2

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