Diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterial keratitis following lasik. Case report and review of the literature;Diagnose und therapie der mykobakteriumkeratitis nach lasik: Kasuistik und literaturübersicht

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 550-553

  Holzer, M P ^a,b   Solomon, K D ^b   Sandoval, H P ^b   Auffarth, G U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interface infiltrate; LASIK; Mycobacteria keratitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0041308246     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-003-0838-7     Document Type: Article

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