Infectious keratitis in 18651 laser surface ablation procedures

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1822-1831

  De Rojas, Victoria ^a   Llovet, Fernando ^a   Martínez, Mercedes ^a   Cobo Soriano, Rosario ^a   Ortega Usobiaga, Julio ^a   Beltrán, Jaime ^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; AMPHOTERICIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; OFTACILOX; OFTALMOTRIM; OFTALMOWELL; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VISUAL ACUITY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; EXCIMER LASER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052960860     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.04.037     Document Type: Article

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