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- Title
Adjunctive Therapies for Bacterial Keratitis.
- Authors
Bin Dakhil, Turki Abdulaziz; Stone, Donald U.; Gritz, David C.
- Abstract
Bacterial keratitis is the most common type among all types of infectious keratitis. Currently, antibiotics are the main‑stay of treatment. The objective of this systematic review is to review published clinical studies which discuss the adjunctive treatment of bacterial keratitis to guide clinical decision‑making. We reviewed the role of a variety of medications and surgeries which can help in managing bacterial keratitis complications, which include as thinning, perforation, and impaired wound healing. We have included appropriate animal and laboratory studies, case reports and case series, and randomized clinical trials regarding each therapy.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL keratitis; ANTIBIOTICS; WOUND healing; HYPERBARIC oxygenation; AMNION; BACTERIAL disease treatment; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
- Publication
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0974-9233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/meajo.MEAJO_264_16