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Nosocomial Ultraviolet Keratoconjunctivitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John W. Sensakovic  and
Leon G. Smith
John W. Sensakovic*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
Leon G. Smith
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
*
Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Center, Newark, NJ 07102
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Abstract

A series of five successive cases of ultraviolet-induced erythroderma and keratoconjunctivitis, occurring over a one-month period and related to exposure to an improperly installed ultraviolet light are described. Although in this series, as well as others reviewed, the effects appeared self-limited, significant associated morbidity was observed.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 3 , Issue 6 , December 1982 , pp. 475 - 477
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1982

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