Acute postoperative Alcaligenes xylosoxidans endophthalmitis

Retina

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 578-580

  Weissgold, David J ^a,c   Kirkpatrick, Beth ^a   Iverson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Central Vermont Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ATROPINE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS IMPLANTATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; VITRECTOMY;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0041836046     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200308000-00032     Document Type: Article

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