Infectious keratitis outbreak after laser in situ keratomileusis at a single laser center in Japan

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 894-900

  Yamaguchi, Takefumi ^a   Bissen Miyajima, Hiroko ^b   Hori Komai, Yoshiko ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^b   Ebihara, Nobuyuki ^c   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^d   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFMENOXIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIBEKACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; FLUCONAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; HABEKACIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; KANAMYCIN PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MICAFUNGIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SCAR; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; JAPAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955051532     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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