Treatment strategies for postoperative Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2395-2401

  Aldave, Anthony J ^a   Stein, Joshua D ^a   Deramo, Vincent A ^a   Shah, Gaurav K ^a   Fischer, David H ^a   Maguire, Joseph I ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0033503783     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90546-8     Document Type: Article

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