Collagen cross-linking and corneal infections

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 288-290

  Tayapad, Joanne B ^a   Viguilla, Aileen Q ^a   Reyes, Johann M G ^a  

^a Unit 602   (Philippines)

Author keywords

cornea; cross linking; infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA ULCER; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOTOMY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84880136158     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32836229c5     Document Type: Review

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