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CONTROVERSIES The Case Against the Use of Steroids in the Treatment of Bacterial Keratitis Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD OR 50 YEARS, THE DE- shown to be safe and effective in the started taking steroids after the on- bate for and against treatment of herpes simplex non- set of the ulcer accounted for 23.3% the use of topical ste- necrotizing keratitis. This land- of the medical treatment failures and roids in the treatment mark study resolved the long- 7.6% of the successes. These find- F of bacterial keratitis standing debate regarding topical ings are similar to those of the pa- has raged. Today it is as controver- steroids in herpes simplex virus stro- tients using topical steroids long- sial as ever. Kirk Wilhelmus, MD, mal keratitis, and perhaps a similar term, who accounted for an has advanced the subject and helped prospective randomized study in bac- additional 30% of the medical treat- me with this article by doing an ex- terial keratitis would do the same, an ment failures and 10.6% of the suc- cellent literature review of the sub- idea I will get back to later. Steroids cesses. The real risk that steroids can ject in his article “Indecision
JAMA Ophthalmology – American Medical Association
Published: Jan 1, 2009
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