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Antibiotic resistance seen as problematic in Asian study of infectious keratitis
LOS ANGELES — Antibiotic resistance is a significant problem in many Asian countries, one speaker reported in a presentation on lessons learned from the Asia Cornea Society Infectious Keratitis Study.The aim of the multicenter, prospective, observational study launched in eight Asian countries was to determine the causes of infectious keratitis, to track the types of organisms and to determine the antibiotic resistance patterns, Donald Tan, MD, told colleagues at Cornea Subspecialty Day preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.