Ultraviolet a/riboflavin corneal cross-linking for infectious keratitis associated with corneal melts

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 590-594

  Iseli, Hans Peter ^a,b   Thiel, Michael A ^c,d   Hafezi, Farhad ^a,d   Kampmeier, Juergen ^e   Seiler, Theo ^a,d  

^a Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal infectious keratitis; Riboflavin; Ultraviolet corneal cross linking

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLOXAL UD; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; KETOCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ACREMONIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA MELTING; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 48249130876     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318169d698     Document Type: Article

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