The source of coagulase-negative staphylococci in the endophthalmitis vitrectomy study: A comparison of eyelid and intraocular isolates using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-361

  Bannerman, Tammy L ^a   Rhoden, Dwayne L ^a   McAllister, Sigrid K ^a   Miller, J Michael ^a   Wilson, Louis A ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0030967979     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150359008     Document Type: Article

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