Group B Streptococcus endogenous endophthalmitis: Case reports and review of the literature

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1879-1886

  Lee, Shu Yen ^a   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFDINIR; CEFOTIAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036787754     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01225-3     Document Type: Article

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