Toxic keratitis after use of wrongly labeled non-ophthalmic medicatio

We present a 24-year-old female with trauma to her right eye. The patient was prescribed topical Tobramicin-dexamethasone eye drops but the pharmacy dispensed diclofenac diethyl amine ointment. The patient presented to the emergency room with lid edema, conjunctival injection and a corneal epithelia...

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Main Authors: Mohammad A. Al-Amry, Nada Al-Abdan, Saleh A. AL-Othaimeen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S131901641500119X