Two cases of pneumococcal keratitis following myopic LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-501

  Lifshitz, Tova ^a   Levy, Jaime ^a   Raiskup, Frederik ^b   Klemperer, Itamar ^a   Frucht Pery, Joseph ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LOMEFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA STROMA; EPITHELIZATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LAVAGE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 25144505985     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050901-14     Document Type: Article

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