Outbreaks of Postoperative Bacterial Endophthalmitis Caused by Intrinsically Contaminated Ophthalmic Solutions - Thailand, 1992, and Canada, 1993

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 491-494

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Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANADA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; EYE SURGERY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THAILAND;

BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; CANADA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0030583007     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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