Late-onset deep infectious keratitis after descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty with vent incisions

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-232

  Hannush, Sadeer B ^a   Chew, Hall F ^a,b,c   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; keratitis; vent incisions

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA ULCER; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTROPION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISION; KERATITIS; KERATOLYSIS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL ULCER; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78651364944     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181eae8ff     Document Type: Article

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