Severe corneal toxicity after topical fluoroquinolone therapy: Report of two cases

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 855-857

  Walter, Keith ^a,b   Tyler, Marshall E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiinfectives; Corneal toxicity; Corneal ulcerations; Fluoroquinolones; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; QUINOLINES;

EID: 33750441168     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000224642.43601.14     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Pollock GA, McKelvie PA, McCarty DJ, et al. In vivo effects of fluoroquinolones on rabbit corneas. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2003;31:517-521.
2. Kavoor TA, Kim AS, McCulley JP, et al. Evaluation of the corneal effects of topical ophthalmic fluoroquinolones using in vivo confocal microscopy. Eye Contact Lens. 2004;30:90-94.