Microbiologic study of soft contact lenses after laser subepithelial keratectomy for myopia

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-27

  Hondur, Ahmet ^a   Bilgihan, Kamil ^b   Cirak, Meltem Yalinay ^b   Dogan, Ozgur ^b   Erdinc, Alper ^b   Hasanreisoglu, Berati ^b  

^a Dinar Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Bacterial keratitis; Contact lens; Laser subepithelial keratectomy; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOFENAC; DICLOFENAC PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLUOROSILICONE; IMIPENEM; LOTRAFILCON A; OCUBRAX; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATITIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 38049005115     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31805881c2     Document Type: Article

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