Nocardia endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: Clinicomicrobiological study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 837-846

  Haripriya, Aravind ^a,b   Lalitha, Prajna ^a,b   Mathen, Minu ^a,b   Prajna, Namperumalsamy Venkatesh ^a,b   Kim, Ramasamy ^a,b   Shukla, Dhananjay ^a,b   Natchiar, Govindappa ^a,b   Srinivasan, Muthiah ^a,b  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; IRIS DISEASE; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 18144369206     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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