Bacterial keratitis after photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 642-644

  Amayem, Ashraf ^a,d   Ali, Ahmed Tawfik ^b   Waring III, George O ^a,c   Ibrahim, Osama ^a  

^a El Maghraby Eye Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Saudi German Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Summit Technology ^*

^d El Maghraby Eye Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATITIS; MALE; MYOPIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029812410     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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