Role of External Bacterial Flora in the Pathogenesis of Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 639-650

  Speaker, Mark G ^a   Milch, Florence A ^a   Shah, Mahendra K ^a   Eisner, William ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA;

EID: 0025875354     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(91)32239-5     Document Type: Article

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