Endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1714-1717

  Eifrig, Charles W G ^b   Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^b   Miller, Darlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA NECROSIS; CORNEA ULCER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; IRIS CYST; IRIS DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERA NECROSIS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0041386362     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00572-4     Document Type: Article

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