Bilateral nontuberculous mycobacterial keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1935-1937

  Liang, Qing Feng ^a   Sun, Xu Guang ^a   Li, Ying ^b   Wang, Zhi Qun ^a   Luo, Shi Yun ^a   Li, Ran ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Keratitis; Laser in situ keratomileusisi; Nontuberculous mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; IODINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE LAVAGE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; ONSET AGE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOPHOBIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 36148949716     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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