Profile of Microbial Keratitis after Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Arora, Vishal, Nagaraja, Harsha, Nuijts, Rudy M. M. A., Kaweri, Luci, Shetty, Rohit, Kumar, Rajesh S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Care and treatment; Causality; Clinical Study; Collagen; Comorbidity; Contact lenses; Corneal transplantation; Cross-Linking Reagents - therapeutic use; Eye; Eye Infections, Bacterial - diagnosis; Eye Infections, Bacterial - drug therapy; Eye Infections, Bacterial - epidemiology; Eye surgery; Female; Humans; Incidence; India - epidemiology; Keratitis; Keratitis - diagnosis; Keratitis - drug therapy; Keratitis - epidemiology; Keratoconus; Keratoconus - diagnosis; Keratoconus - drug therapy; Keratoconus - epidemiology; Male; Patients; Photosensitizing Agents - therapeutic use; Retrospective Studies; Riboflavin - therapeutic use; Risk Factors; Scars; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcus aureus; Steroids; Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Ultraviolet Therapy - methods; Vitamin B; Young Adult; India

Purpose. To report the profile of microbial keratitis occurring after corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) in keratoconus patients. Methods. A retrospective analysis of 2350 patients (1715 conventional CXL, 310 transepithelial CXL, and 325 accelerated CXL) over 7 years (from January 2007 to January...