VIDEO: Earlier PK results in better outcomes for infectious keratitis

DENVER — Patients with infectious keratitis who underwent penetrating keratoplasty earlier in the course of their infection had better postoperative outcomes compared with those who waited longer before having surgery, according to a study. At the ARVO meeting, Troy Teeples, MD, an ophthalmology resident at the University of Colorado, said that neither the infectious etiology itself nor age, sex or race played a role in outcomes.

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