Postoperative endophthalmitis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-18

  Mamalis, Nick ^a   Kearsley, Laura ^a   Brinton, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY DISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POPULATION RISK; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036181915     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200202000-00004     Document Type: Review

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