Bacterial contamination of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 826-833

  Leong, James K ^a   Shah, Rajiv ^a   McCluskey, Peter J ^a   Benn, Richard A ^b   Frank Taylor, R ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATARACT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BACTERIA; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036239822     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(01)01160-9     Document Type: Article

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