Internal and external contamination of donor corneas before in situ excision: Bacterial risk factors in 93 donors

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 240, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 265-270

  Robert, Pierre Yves ^a   Camezind, Philippe ^a   Drouet, Mireille ^b   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a   Adenis, Jean Paul ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISINFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXCISION; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FLORA; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIA; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVIDONE-IODINE; RISK FACTORS; SCLERA; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0036938741     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170100322     Document Type: Article

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