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Bandage contact lens and topical steroids are risk factors for the development of microbial keratitis after epithelium-off CXL

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of bandage contact lenses (BCL) and topical steroids as risk factors for the development of microbial keratitis after epithelium-off corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Patients undergoing CXL between February 2011 and July 2017 were include...

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Autores principales: Tzamalis, Argyrios, Romano, Vito, Cheeseman, Robert, Vinciguerra, Riccardo, Batterbury, Mark, Willoughby, Colin, Neal, Timothy, Ahmad, Sajjad, Kaye, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000231