Corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infectious keratitis

Hamed Mofeez Anwar, Alaa M El-Danasoury, Ayman Nasr HashemMagrabi Eye Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPurpose: To report the use of corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infective keratitis not responding to antimicrobial therapy.Methods: Two retrospective case reports of infective keratit...

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Autores principales:	Anwar HM, El-Danasoury AM, Hashem AN
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2011
Materias:	Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9d82239a4ea54cb1bd3ed65bbb81db422021-12-02T01:13:29ZCorneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infectious keratitis1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/9d82239a4ea54cb1bd3ed65bbb81db422011-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/corneal-collagen-crosslinking-in-the-treatment-of-infectious-keratitis-a8234https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Hamed Mofeez Anwar, Alaa M El-Danasoury, Ayman Nasr HashemMagrabi Eye Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPurpose: To report the use of corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infective keratitis not responding to antimicrobial therapy.Methods: Two retrospective case reports of infective keratitis treated with corneal collagen crosslinking.Results: In both cases, corneal collagen crosslinking caused a rapid resolution of the infective keratitis, leaving residual stromal scarring. Due to the density of scarring, one case required subsequent penetrating keratoplasty for visual rehabilitation.Conclusion: Corneal collagen crosslinking is a promising new technique for the management of infective keratitis not responding to antimicrobial therapy. Further elucidation of its safety and role in management of infectious keratitis is needed by way of future studies.Keywords: CCL, riboflavin, UVAAnwar HMEl-Danasoury AMHashem ANDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 1277-1280 (2011)
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description	Hamed Mofeez Anwar, Alaa M El-Danasoury, Ayman Nasr HashemMagrabi Eye Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPurpose: To report the use of corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infective keratitis not responding to antimicrobial therapy.Methods: Two retrospective case reports of infective keratitis treated with corneal collagen crosslinking.Results: In both cases, corneal collagen crosslinking caused a rapid resolution of the infective keratitis, leaving residual stromal scarring. Due to the density of scarring, one case required subsequent penetrating keratoplasty for visual rehabilitation.Conclusion: Corneal collagen crosslinking is a promising new technique for the management of infective keratitis not responding to antimicrobial therapy. Further elucidation of its safety and role in management of infectious keratitis is needed by way of future studies.Keywords: CCL, riboflavin, UVA
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title	Corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infectious keratitis
title_short	Corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infectious keratitis
title_full	Corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infectious keratitis
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Corneal collagen crosslinking in the treatment of infectious keratitis

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