Four cases of acanthamoeba keratitis treated with phototherapeutic keratectomy

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1199-1202

  Kandori, Michiko ^a   Inoue, Tomoyuki ^a   Shimabukuro, Mikiko ^a   Hayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Hori, Yuichi ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; phototherapeutic keratectomy; PTK

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; NATAMYCIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

ABLATION THERAPY; ABSCESS; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LESION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXCIMER LASER PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958150132     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d3d674     Document Type: Article

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