The epidemiology of acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in an Asian population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 699-705

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASSOCIATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 1842476690     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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