Corneal infections after implantation of intracorneal ring segments

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 547-549

  Hofling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a   Branco, Bruno Castelo ^a   Romano, André C ^a   Campos, Mauro Q S ^a   Moreira, Hamilton ^b   Miranda, Daniela ^a   Kwitko, Sergio ^c   De Freitas, Denise ^a   Casanova, Fabio ^a   Sartori, Marta ^a   Schor, Paulo ^a   Souza, Luciene B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Fungal eye infections; Implants; Keratitis; Keratoconus; Prostheses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTACT LENS; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INJURY; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOPIA; NOCARDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAECILOMYCES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CORNEAL STROMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3343000051     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000126434.95325.24     Document Type: Article

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