Fungal infection after endothelial keratoplasty: association with hypothermic corneal storage.

Nicola LauAida Hajjar SeséVictor A AugustinGeert KuitMark R WilkinsTheofilos TourtasFriedrich E KruseKlavs Højgaard-OlsenRohini ManuelW John ArmitageDaniel F LarkinStephen J Tuft

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2018)

Infection after EK is strongly associated with Candida spp. The possible explanations for the higher incidence of infection when tissue is stored in hypothermic medium are discussed.

Keyphrases

risk factors
endothelial cells
candida albicans
staphylococcus aureus
optical coherence tomography
biofilm formation
ionic liquid