Topical Corticosteroids for Infectious Keratitis Before Culture-Proven Diagnosis.

Koji Hirano Hidenori Tanaka Kumiko Kato Kaoru Araki-Sasaki

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)

Application of topical corticosteroids for keratitis that does not respond to empirical antibiotic therapy is harmful since AK or FK is likely involved in these topical antibiotic-resistant cases. Microbiological evidence, as well as a differential diagnosis of herpetic stromal keratitis, is needed when prescribing topical corticosteroid for the treatment of suspected infectious keratitis.

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