Clinical Study
Profile of Microbial Keratitis after Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
Table 2
Reports of keratitis after collagen cross-linking in literature.
| Author | Number of cases reported | CDVA | Time to presentation (Days) | Organisms | Final CDVA |
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Pollhammer and Cursiefen [8] | 1 | 20/400 | 3 | Escherichia coli | 20/63 | Rama et al. [9] | 1 | — | 5 | Acanthamoeba | 20/40 |
Pérez-Santonja et al. [10] | 1 | 20/20 | 2 | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 20/22 | Zamora and Males [11] | 1 | CF | 3 | Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus oralis, and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species | 20/50 | Sharma et al. [12] | 1 | HMNF | 3 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 20/200 |
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CF: counting fingers, HMNF: hand movements near to face, and CDVA: corrected distance visual acuity.
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