In vitro Staphylococcus epidermidis growth in some viscoelastic substances containing sodium hyaluronate

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-187

  Gallenga, Pier Enrico ^a   Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^a,c   Carpineto, Paolo ^a   Ciancaglini, Marco ^a   Falconio, Gennaro ^a   Catamo, Giovanni ^a   Costagliola, Giro ^b   Piccolomini, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Endophthalmitis; Hyaluronic acid; Sodium hyaluronate; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; INOCULATION; LENS IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HYALURONIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031937677     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027274     Document Type: Article

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