Bacterial contamination of human organ-cultured corneas

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-607

  Zanetti, Elisa ^a   Bruni, Alessandro ^b   Mucignat, Giorgio ^c   Camposampiero, Davide ^a   Frigo, Anna Chiara ^b   Ponzin, Diego ^a  

^a The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SM degli Angeli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cornea culture; Delayed contaminations; Endophthalmitis; Eye banking; Microbiologic contamination

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EYEBANK; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SCLERA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 21244478289     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000153099.96904.43     Document Type: Article

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