Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: Long-term follow-up;Endophthalmitis nach kataraktchirurgie: Langzeitverlauf

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-182

  Özer Arasli, Ali ^a   Schwenn, Oliver ^a   Dick, Burkhard ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Microbiology; Postoperative endophthalmitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030816310     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1035118     Document Type: Article

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