Endophthalmitis following cataract surgery;Endophthalmitis nach kataraktoperation

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 922-926

  Hesse, Yvonne ^a   Spraul, C W ^a   Lang, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Intraocular lens; Postoperative endophthalmitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036905876     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-002-0690-1     Document Type: Article

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