Late bacterial keratitis after intracorneal ring segments (Ferrara ring) insertion for keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1282-1284

  Galvis, Virgilio ^a,c   Tello, Alejandro ^a,c   Delgado, Julián ^b   Valencia, Fabián ^b   Gómez, Augusto J ^b   Diaz, Luis A ^a  

^a Centro Oftalmològico   (Colombia)

^b Research Institute of the Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander FOSCAL   (Colombia)

^c Banco Multitejidos y Centro de Terapias Avanzadas   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bacterial keratitis; Ferrara ring; Intrastromal corneal ring segments; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; IMPLANT; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; LAGOPHTHALMOS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36549075216     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181506142     Document Type: Article

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