A Report of an Outbreak of Postoperative Endophthalmitis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 902-907

  Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^a   Linlawan, Piya ^b   Prasantong, Rungnapa ^b   Kitphati, Roongrueng ^b   Wongwatcharapaiboon, Pongthep ^b  

^a MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Nosocomial outbreak; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LENS IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TIME;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STERILIZATION; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034241092     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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