Corneal ulcers in two children wearing Paragon corneal refractive therapy lenses

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-11

  Macsai, Marian S ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Ophthalmology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial keratitis; Corneal ulcers; CRT lenses; Pediatric population

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD; CORNEA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REFRACTION ERROR;

CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 15044340325     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000151947.99251.6D     Document Type: Article

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