Contact lens - Associated corneal infiltrates

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 146-154

  Robboy, Marc W ^a,c   Comstock, Timothy L ^a   Kalsow, Carolyn M ^b  

^a BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

^b Ocular Research Services   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CLARE; CLPU; Contact lens; Cornea; Infiltrate; Microbial keratitis; Sterile

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; SILICONE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTACT LENS; CONTACT LENS ASSOCIATED CORNEA INFILTRATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; EYE CARE; EYE TOXICITY; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATITIS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CORNEA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; KERATITIS;

EID: 0142089780     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000072830.41886.1E     Document Type: Review

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