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Prophylactic Vancomycin Drops Reduce the Severity of Early Bacterial Keratitis in Keratoprosthesis
BACKGROUND: Artificial cornea transplantation, keratoprosthesis, improves vision for patients at high risk of failure with human cadaveric cornea. However, post-operative infection can cause visual loss and implant extrusion in 3.2–17% of eyes. Long-term vancomycin drops are recommended following ke...
Autores principales: | Konstantopoulos, Aris, Tan, Xiao Wei, Goh, Gwendoline Tze Wei, Saraswathi, Padmanabhan, Chen, Liyan, Nyein, Chan Lwin, Zhou, Lei, Beuerman, Roger, Tan, Donald Tiang Hwee, Mehta, Jod |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26460791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139653 |
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