Orthokeratology-related infectious keratitis: A case series

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 261-263

  Chee, Elaine W L ^a   Li, Lim ^a   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contact lens complications; Corneal refractive therapy; Infectious keratitis; Orthokeratology

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; SPERSADEXOLINE; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; EYELID DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFAZOLIN; CHILD; CICATRIX; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548682290     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000254526.93131.2b     Document Type: Article

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