CXL for Infectious Keratitis David Zadok, Yaakov Goldich, Isaac Avni Department of Ophthalmology Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Israel The authors have no conflicts of interest and no financial interest in the article’s subject matter or methods mentioned.
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CXL for
Infectious Keratitis
David Zadok, Yaakov Goldich, Isaac Avni
Department of Ophthalmology Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
Israel
The authors have no conflicts of interest and no financial interest in the article’s subject matter or methods mentioned.
The combined application of riboflavin and UV inactivates pathogens
– UV light alone has been shown to cause changes in
the nucleic acids of pathogens so they cannot replicate (oxygen radicals).
– Exposure to UV light activates the riboflavin in the complex and causes a chemical alteration to functional groups of the nucleic acids (primarily guanine bases), making pathogens unable to replicate