Corneal cross-linking for Acanthamoeba keratitis in an orthokeratology patient after swimming in contaminated water

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 224-227

  Arance Gil, Ángeles ^a   Gutiérrez Ortega, Ángel Ramón ^a   Villa Collar, César ^b   Nieto Bona, Amelia ^c   Lopes Ferreira, Daniela ^d   González Méijome, José Manuel ^d  

^a Clinica Oftalmologica Novovision   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Amniotic membrane; Confocal microscopy; CXL; Orthokeratology; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BROLENE,; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLIRCUSI CICLOPLEJICO; CYCLOPENTOLATE; GRAMICIDIN; HEXAMIDINE ISETIONATE; KETOCONAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; OPHTHALMOWELL; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYMYXIN; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; RIBOFLAVIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CROSS LINKING REAGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL CROSSLINKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE BURNING; FOLLOW UP; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY LENS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SWIMMING; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; SWIMMING POOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; RIBOFLAVIN; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899732025     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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