Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections after scierai buckling procedures for retinal detachments associated with atopic dermatitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 142-147

  Oshima, Yusuke ^a,b   Ohji, Masahito ^b   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^b   Harada, Jun ^b   Motokura, Masanobu ^a   Saito, Yoshihiro ^b   Emi, Kazuyuki ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^b  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERAL BUCKLING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032615440     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90025-8     Document Type: Article

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