Corneal ulcer caused by MRSA after UV/riboflavin cross-linking in a patient with bilateral keratoconus;Ulcus corneae durch MRSA nach UV/Riboflavin-Crosslinking bei Keratokonus

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1112-1114

  Bodemann M ^a   Kohnen, T ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Corneal ulcer; Keratoconus; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; UV riboflavin cross linking

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CORNEAL ULCER; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84870321697     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-012-2603-2     Document Type: Article

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