Microbiological study of disposable soft contact lenses after photorefractive keratectomy

CLAO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-29

  Dantas, Paulo Elias C ^a   Nishiwaki Dantas, M Cristina ^a   Ojeda, Victor Hugo O ^a   Holzchuh, Nilo ^a   Mimica, Lycia J ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFRACTION ERROR; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0033954435     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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