Staphylococcal infection under a LASIK flap

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-365

  Webber, Suzanne K ^a   Lawless, Michael A ^a   Sutton, Gerard L ^a   Rogers, Christopher M ^a  

^a Sydney Refractive Surgery Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Infection; LASIK Cornea

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN; GENTAMICIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; PREDNISOLONE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032914470     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199905000-00019     Document Type: Article

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