Incidence and Implications of Culture-Positive Corneoscleral Rims in Corneal Transplantation
The study underscores the reduced impact of contaminated CPCR on graft outcomes, advocating for targeted fungal culturing, intraoperative practices to mitigate post-transplant infections, and maintaining current prophylactic antibiotic regimens, such as optisolGS ™, which contains streptomycin and gentamicin.
Authors
- Faris Hashem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8817-1095)
- Hani Basher ALBalawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-6952)
- Zuheer Meeraalam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-102X)
- Shaker Alreshidi
- Naif Mamdouh Alali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8860-543X)
- Omar Kirat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6754-5086)
Institutions
- Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
- Majmaah University (SA)
- King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (SA)
- University of Tabuk (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection and Drug Resistance
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s485717
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Corneal Surgery and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36