Open globe injuries with positive intraocular cultures: Factors influencing final visual acuity outcomes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1560-1566

  Lieb, Douglas F ^b   Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^b   Miller, Darlene ^b   Feuer, William J ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0042530273     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00497-4     Document Type: Article

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