Microbial findings in suture erosion after penetrating keratoplasty

Ophthalmology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 513-516

  Siganos, C S ^a   Solomon, A ^a   Frucht Pery, J ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030897767     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(97)30282-6     Document Type: Article

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