Post-keratoplasty endophthalmitis caused by Proteus mirabilis

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-140

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Kwok, Alvin K H ^a   Chew, Sekjin ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Penetrating keratoplasty; Proteus mirabilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY DISK; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENS IMPLANT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SRI LANKA; STORAGE; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0031887675     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.23     Document Type: Article

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