Corneal collagen cross-linking in a late-onset graft infectious ulcer: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Labiris, Georgios ^a,b   Giarmoukakis, Athanassios ^b   Larin, Roman ^a,b   Sideroudi, Haris ^b   Kozobolis, Vassilios P ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Eye Institute of Thrace   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corneal collagen cross linking; Corneal ulcer; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; DEXTRAN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PROXYMETACAINE; RIBOFLAVIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; EYE BURNING; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; ULCER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903712847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-180     Document Type: Article

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