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8154527

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
During a one-month period, we examined four patients referred for evaluation of probable microbial keratitis after bilateral, simultaneous radial keratotomy. Each patient had midstromal infiltrates compatible with microbial keratitis that involved one or more of the radial incisions. In two patients the keratitis was bilateral. All patients had been treated empirically with antibiotic agents; superficial cultures with cotton-tipped applicators and corneal scraping by inserting a platinum spatula into the radial incisions were negative. Corneal biopsy of one patient disclosed gram-positive rods and culture of the biopsy specimen grew diphtheroids. The infiltrates gradually resolved over a period of several months with intensive antibiotic therapy. Sight-threatening infectious keratitis can occur after radial keratotomy, and we believe that simultaneous bilateral ocular surgery of any kind should be discouraged.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9394
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
462-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Keratitis as a complication of bilateral, simultaneous radial keratotomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't