Acanthamoeba keratitis with perforation after corneal crosslinking and bandage contact lens use

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 788-791

  Rama, Paolo ^a   Di Matteo, Federico ^a   Matuska, Stanislav ^a   Paganoni, Giorgio ^a   Spinelli, Alessandra ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE PLUS CHLORAMPHENICOL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLURBIPROFEN; HEXAMIDINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PREDNISONE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA PERFORATION; CROSS LINKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFECT; EYELID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; BANDAGES; COLLAGEN; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RIBOFLAVIN; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 62349107344     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.09.035     Document Type: Article

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