Shewanella putrefaciens keratitis in the lamellar bed 6 years after LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 830-832

  Park, Hee Jung S ^a   Tuli, Sonal S ^a,b   Downer, Donald M ^a   Gohari, A Reza ^a   Shah, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 35348989202     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20071001-15     Document Type: Article

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