Infectious Keratitis in 204 586 LASIK Procedures

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Llovet, Fernando ^a   de Rojas, Victoria ^a   Interlandi, Emanuela ^a   Martín, Clara ^a   Cobo Soriano, Rosario ^a   Ortega Usobiaga, Julio ^a   Baviera, Julio ^a  

^a Refractive surgery CLINICA BAVIERA GROUP Ophthalmology Service of Henares University Hospital Clínica Baviera Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EXOCIN; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDINE PLUS NEOMICINE PLUS POLYMYXIN B; LOMEFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OCACIN; OFLOXACIN; OFTACILOX; OFTALMOWELL; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EYE LAVAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TISSUE FLAP; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75149148545     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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