New cross-linking protocol, device may help fight infectious keratitis on a global scale

LISBON, Portugal — An optimized treatment protocol, a miniaturized device that mounts on a slit lamp and a new photosensitizing agent may allow for a faster and more effective application of cross-linking for infectious keratitis in the near future. Cross-linking for infectious keratitis, now called PACK-CXL for photoactivated chromophore for keratitis-CXL, disinfects the corneal surface via reactive oxygen species and increases the resistance to enzymatic digestion by modification of the collagen structure.

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