Severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis shortly after initiation of corneal refractive therapy

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Priel, Ayelet ^a   Grinbaum, Aaron ^a   Barequet, Irina S ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial keratitis; Contact lenses; Corneal refractive therapy; Orthokeratology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL REFRACTIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCAR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31944437130     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000159231.54780.E0     Document Type: Article

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