Bacillus megaterium delayed onset lamellar keratitis after LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-312

  Ramos Esteban, Jerome C ^a   Servat, Juan Javier ^a   Tauber, Shachar ^b   Bia, Frank ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Johns Clinic Eye Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LAMELLAR KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; UNCORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645126760     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060301-20     Document Type: Article

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