Topical corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for bacterial keratitis
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Use of adjunctive topical corticosteroids in bacterial keratitis.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Topical corticosteroid use in the setting of infectious keratitis has been a controversial issue. The aim of this review is to provide an update on the evidence for use of topical corticosteroids in addition to antibiotics in bacterial keratitis. RECENT FINDINGS Judicious use of steroids is postulated to limit the inflammatory component of bacterial keratitis, but can theore...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd005430.pub3