Infectious endophthalmitis after boston type 1 keratoprosthesis implantation

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-349

  Chan, Clara C ^a,b   Holland, Edward J ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial infection; Boston keratoprosthesis; endophthalmitis; fungal infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; BRIMONIDINE; CEFTAZIDIME; DIFLUPREDNATE; FLUCONAZOLE; LATANOPROST; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; TIMOLOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTACT LENS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOPROSTHESIS; NECROSIS; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CEFTAZIDIME; CORNEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858706241     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821eea2f     Document Type: Article

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