Experimental Bacillus cereus post-traumatic endophthalmitis and treatment with ciprofloxacin

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 755-758

  Alfaro, D Virgil ^b   Davis, Joetta ^a   Kim, Sandra ^a   Bia, Frank ^a   Bogard, John F ^b   Briggs, Jonathan W ^b   Liggett, Peter E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NECROSIS; RETINITIS; SCLERA; TIME; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0029834692     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.8.755     Document Type: Article

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