Presumed sterile endophthalmitis following intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-29

  Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a,i   Kaiser, Peter K ^b   Bakri, Sophie J ^c   Kaiser, Richard S ^d   Maturi, Raj K ^e   Sears, Jonathan E ^b   Scott, Ingrid U ^f   Belmont, Jonathan ^d   Beer, Paul M ^c   Quiroz Mercado, Hugo ^g   Mieler, William F ^h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^g Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico IAP   (Mexico)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CILIARY BODY VITRECTOMY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERILE ENDOPHTHALMITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS TAP;

EID: 19944432858     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20050101-03     Document Type: Article

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