Ulcerative keratitis caused by Serratia marcescens after laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 507-512

  Muñoz, Gonzalo ^a,b   Alió, Jorge L ^a   Pérez Santonja, Juan José ^a   Artola, Alberto ^a   Abad, José Luis ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Inst Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; EDEMA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SLIT LAMP; TISSUE FLAP; ULCERATIVE KERATITIS; VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1642412726     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00651-5     Document Type: Article

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