Keratitis after implantation of intrastromal corneal ring segments

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1802-1804

  Shehadeh Masha'our, Raneen ^a   Modi, Naftali ^d   Barbara, Adel ^b,c   Garzozi, Hanna J ^a,b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Vis Without Glasses Medical Center   (Israel)

^c Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

^d Golomb Street 47 Haifa ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; STERODEX; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEAL STROMA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 4143122329     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.01.034     Document Type: Article

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