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2. Baum JL. Initial therapy of suspected microbial corneal ulcers. I. Broad antibiotic<br />

therapy based on prevalence of organisms. Surv Ophthalmol 1979;24:97-105.<br />

3. Jones DB. Initial therapy of suspected microbial corneal ulcers. II. Specific antibiotic<br />

therapy based on corneal smears. Surv Ophthalmol 1979;24:105-16.<br />

4. Hyndiuk RA, Cockington CD. Bacterial keratitis. In: Tabbara KF, Hyndiuk RA<br />

(eds.). Infections of the eye: diagnosis and management. Little Brown, Boston, 1996:<br />

323–47.<br />

5. Parmar P, Salman A, Kalavathy CM, Jesudasan CA, Thomas PA. Pneumococcal<br />

keratitis: a clinical profile. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2003;31:44-7.<br />

6. Srinivasan M, Gonzales CA, George C, Cevallos V, Mascarenhas JM, Asokan B,<br />

Wilkins J, Smolin G, Whitcher JP. Epidemiology and aetiological diagnosis of<br />

corneal ulceration in Madurai, south India. Br J Ophthalmol 1997;81:965-71.<br />

7. Aasuri MK, Reddy MK, Sharma S, Rao GN. Co-occurrence of pneumococcal<br />

keratitis and dacryocystitis. <strong>Cornea</strong> 1999;18:273-6.<br />

8. Thornsberry C, Ogilvie P, Kahn J, Mauriz Y. Surveillance of antimicrobial<br />

resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella<br />

catarrhalis in the United States in 1996-1997 respiratory season. Diagn Microbiol<br />

Infect Dis 1997;29:249-57.<br />

9. Zhanel GG, Walters M, Laing N, Hoban DJ. In vitro pharmacodynamic modelling<br />

simulating free serum concentrations of fluoroquinolones against multidrugresistant<br />

Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Antimicrob Chemother 2001;47:435-40.<br />

10. Tankovic J, Perichon B, Duval J, Courvalin P. Contribution of mutations in gyrA and<br />

parC genes to fluoroquinolone resistance of mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae<br />

obtained in vivo and in vitro. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996;40:2505-10.<br />

11. Ramakrishnan R, Ramesh S, Bharathi MJ, Amuthan M, Viswanathan S.<br />

Comparative in-vitro efficacy of fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus<br />

pneumoniae recovered from bacterial keratitis as determined by E-test.<br />

Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2010;53:276-80.<br />

Fibrin Glue (FG) Augmented Amniotic<br />

Membrane Transplantation (FGAMT) in<br />

Peripheral <strong>Cornea</strong>l Perforations<br />

Dr. Ritu Arora, Dr. Jasneet Kang, Dr. J L Goyal, Dr. Monika Mittal,<br />

Dr. Parul Jain<br />

To evaluate the efficacy of fibrin glue (FG) augmented amniotic membrane<br />

transplantation (AMT) in non infective peripheral corneal perforations.<br />

<strong>Cornea</strong>l perforations can result from a variety of ocular disease states<br />

associated with chronic inflammatory conditions. Regardless of the cause,<br />

perforation is an emergency and prompt treatment is required.<br />

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