Journal article
Bacterial keratitis following phototherapeutic keratectomy
Journal of refractive surgery (1995), Vol.12(1), pp.123-127
01/1996
PMID: 8963801
Abstract
Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) is effective in the treatment of many superficial corneal disorders. The incidence of bacterial keratitis following PTK has not been assessed in a large, prospective clinical trial. We report three cases of bacterial keratitis that occurred in a prospective study of 258 consecutive PTK procedures at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital. Three (1.2%) of 258 eyes developed bacterial keratitis during a period of follow up ranging from 1 to 24 months. All three cases were in 183 eyes (1.6%) with a diagnosis of climatic droplet keratopathy, while no cases were observed in 75 eyes with other anterior corneal disorders. Gram-positive species (Streptococcus pneumonia in two, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in one) were the predominant species isolated from all three cases. Two of the cases were polybacterial. The final visual outcomes ranged from 20/125 to 20/400. The risk of bacterial keratitis following treatment of superficial corneal disorders with PTK is low but its occurrence may adversely affect the final visual outcome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bacterial keratitis following phototherapeutic keratectomy
- Creators
- A A al-Rajhi - Anterior Segment Division/External Disease Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaM D WagonerI A BadrA al-SaifM Mahmood
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of refractive surgery (1995), Vol.12(1), pp.123-127
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 8963801
- ISSN
- 1081-597X
- eISSN
- 1938-2391
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979903202771
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