Acremonium kiliense endophthalmitis that occurred after cataract extraction in an ambulatory surgical center and was traced to an environmental reservoir

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-227

  Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Kremer, Frederic B ^b   Bland, Lee A ^b   Padhye, Arvind ^b   McNeil, Michael M ^b   Jarvis, William R ^b  

^a NW University Medical School   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030021750     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.222     Document Type: Article

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