Laboratory analysis of infectious keratitis in patients following refractive surgery;Análise laboratorial das ceratites infecciosas secundárias à cirurgia refrativa

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Leal, Fernando ^a,b   Höfling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   Campos, Mauro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIFESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eye infections, bacterial etiology; Keratitis etiology; Keratomileusis, laser in situ adverse effects; Refractive errors adverse effects; Refractive errors surgery; Staphylococcus aureus isolation purification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 28244452098     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000300014     Document Type: Article

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