Rapid diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterial keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1014-1018

  Daines, Bradley S ^a   Vroman, David T ^a   Sandoval, Helga P ^a   Steed, Lisa L ^b   Solomon, Kerry D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUOROCHROME; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FML; OFLOXACIN; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037764992     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01613-9     Document Type: Article

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