Delayed endophthalmitis in a child following an ahmed glaucoma valve implant

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-125

  Al Torbaq, Abdullah A ^a,b   Edward, Deepak P ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; DEXAMETHASONE; MITOMYCIN C; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATARACT; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; GLAUCOMA; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VITREOUS BODY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CEFTAZIDIME; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VANCOMYCIN; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036546210     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2002.122362     Document Type: Article

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