Bacterial contamination of human organ-cultured corneas

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 260-263

  Albon, Julie ^a   Armstrong, Malcolm ^b   Tullo, Andrew B ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Human corneas; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SCLERA; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0035077474     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200104000-00005     Document Type: Article

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