Positive vitreous cultures from eyes without signs of infectious endophthalmitis

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 365-369

  Mames, Robert N ^a   Friedman, Scott M ^b   Stinson, William G ^d   Margo, Curtis E ^c  

^a Retina Center   (United States)

^b Vitreous and Retina Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0030924942     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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