Corneoscleral rim cultures: Lack of utility and implications for clinical decision-making and infection prevention in the care of patients undergoing corneal transplantation

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 586-589

  Everts, Richard J ^a   Craig Fowler, W ^a,b,d   Chang, Daniel H ^c   Barth Reller, L ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d North Carolina Eye and Tissue Bank Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Corneal transplant; Endophthalmitis; Eye banking; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; SCLERA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DECISION MAKING; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE BANKS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA;

EID: 0034899559     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200108000-00006     Document Type: Article

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