title: Therapeutic and inducing effect of corneal crosslinking on infectious keratitis.
abstract: The corneal crosslinking (CXL) with riboflavin and ultraviolet-A (UVA) is a new therapy method to successfully treat infectious keratitis in clinical practice. However, there are rare reports on the complications of CXL such as the secondary keratitis. The diverse clinical outcomes on keratitis have highlighted the necessity to further evaluate the efficacy and complications of CXL. We reviewed the positive and negative reports on UVA/riboflavin related with keratitis and provided our opinion on the therapeutic and side effect of UVA/riboflavin crosslinking on keratitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China; Department of Ophthalmology, the People's Hospital of Linyi, Linyi 276000, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Liang-Zhu
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, the People's Hospital of Linyi, Linyi 276000, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Shi-Yan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Chen
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Guo-Ying
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Mu
keywords: corneal crosslinking; keratitis; theraputic and inducing effect