Post-LASIK infectious crystalline keratopathy caused by Alternaria

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1018-1020

  Verma, Kamna ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Nayak, Niranjan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Infectious crystalline keratopathy; Keratoplasty; Laser in situ keratomileusis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HOMATROPINE; TIMOLOL MALEATE; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS CRYSTALLINE KERATOPATHY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; CORNEA; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MYOPIA; REOPERATION;

EID: 28044432352     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000159735.83295.1c     Document Type: Article

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