Microbial keratitis identified during eye bank screen of corneoscleral tissue harvested from patients with laser in situ keratomileusis history

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1058-1060

  Mootha, V Vinod ^a   Dawson, Dan ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Gleiser, Joel ^a   Albert, Daniel M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYEBANK; FUNGUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CORNEA; DONOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCLERA; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE BANKS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLERA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 3342879406     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.7.1058     Document Type: Article

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