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CHICAGO — Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as the most common infection occurring after LASIK and surface ablation procedures, according to survey results evaluating trends in infectious keratitis throughout 2007.
Terry Kim, MD, presented the results of the study here yesterday during Cornea Day, preceding the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting. The survey, sponsored by the ASCRS Corneal Clinical Committee, is an update to those presented in 2002 and 2005, and seeks to analyze the changes since the first survey was undertaken.