Rationale for adjunctive topical corticosteroids in bacterial keratitis

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan;127(1):97-102. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.504.

Authors

Holly B Hindman¹, Sheel B Patel, Albert S Jun

Affiliation

¹ ornea and Anterior Segment Service, The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

PMID: 19139348
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.504

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Administration, Topical
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Corneal Ulcer / drug therapy*
Corneal Ulcer / microbiology
Drug Therapy, Combination
Eye Infections, Bacterial / drug therapy*
Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
Humans
Ophthalmic Solutions / therapeutic use
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Glucocorticoids
Ophthalmic Solutions