Prophylactic Vancomycin Drops Reduce the Severity of Early Bacterial Keratitis in Keratoprosthesis.

Prophylactic Vancomycin Drops Reduce the Severity of Early Bacterial Keratitis in Keratoprosthesis.

<h4>Background</h4>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 recom...

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Main Authors: Aris Konstantopoulos, Xiao Wei Tan, Gwendoline Tze Wei Goh, Padmanabhan Saraswathi, Liyan Chen, Chan Lwin Nyein, Lei Zhou, Roger Beuerman, Donald Tiang Hwee Tan, Jod S Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139653&type=printable
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