Early surgical debridement in the management of infectious scleritis after pterygium excision

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Tittler, Ethan H ^a   Nguyen, Pho ^b   Rue, Kelly S ^a   Vasconcelos Santos, Daniel V ^b   Song, Jonathan C ^b   Irvine, John A ^b   Smith, Ronald E ^b   Rao, Narsing A ^b   Yiu, Samuel C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Infectious scleritis; Pterygium excision; Surgical debridement

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BRIMONIDINE; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HOMATROPINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIMEXOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS SCLERITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHTHISIS BULBI; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PTERYGIUM; SCLERAL PATCH GRAFT; SCLERAL THINNING; SCLERITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE GRAFT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84874246689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18695760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12348-012-0062-1     Document Type: Article

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