Treatment of Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-229

  Deramo, Vincent A ^a,b   Ting, T Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; LENS CAPSULE; LENS CAPSULECTOMY; LENSECTOMY; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0034988189     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200106000-00015     Document Type: Review

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