Early bacterial keratitis after presbyopic LASIK

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-116

  Semoun, Oudy ^a   Bourcier, Tristan ^a   Dupas, Bénédicte ^a   Puech, Michel ^a   El Maftouhi, Adil ^a   Borderie, Vincent ^a   Laroche, Laurent ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

Presbyopic LASIK; Propionibacterium acnes

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATOMILEUSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESBYOPIA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; AZA COMPOUNDS; BACITRACIN; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRESBYOPIA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; QUINOLINES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 40449095704     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318157a12d     Document Type: Article

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