A ten-year report of microbial keratitis in pediatric population under five years in a tertiary eye center.

Mohammad SoleimaniSeyed Ali TabatabaeiS Saeed MohammadiNiloufar ValipourArash Mirzaei

Published in: Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection (2020)

This study emphasizes the role of trauma as the primary cause and S. epidermidis as the most frequent microorganism in pediatric keratitis; according to antibiogram results and poor cooperation of patients under five years, monotherapy with fluoroquinolones could be a good regimen in small non-central lesions without thinning.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
clinical trial
open label
biofilm formation
escherichia coli
cystic fibrosis
patient reported