Microbial contamination of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2173-2176

  Srinivasan, Renuka ^a   Tiroumal, Sambath ^a   Kanungo, Reba ^a   Natarajan, Mangudi Kanakasabai ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036927036     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01493-1     Document Type: Article

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