Relationship between clinical presentation and visual outcome in postoperative and posttraumatic endophthalmitis in south central India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-16

  Das, Taraprasad ^a   Kunimoto, Derek Y ^b   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Jalali, Subhadra ^a   Majji, Ajit B ^a   Rao, T Nagaraja ^a   Gopinathan, Usha ^a   Athmanathan, Sreedharan ^a,c  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Postoperative; Posttrauma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; KETOCONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 17144364621     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.15298     Document Type: Article

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