Enterobacter cloacae endophthalmitis: Report of four cases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-51

  Okhravi, N ^a,b   Ficker, L ^a   Matheson, M M ^b   Lightman, S ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; MEZLOCILLIN; MITOMYCIN C; OFLOXACIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031975057     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.48-51.1998     Document Type: Article

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