Optic disk edema as a presentation of Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-261

  Kouyoumdjian, Gregory A ^a   Larkin, Thomas P ^b   Blackburn, Peter J ^a   Mandava, Naresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Eye Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACNE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0034906028     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)00914-X     Document Type: Article

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