Management and outcomes of postoperative endophthalmitis since the endophthalmitis vitrectomy study: The Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia (EPSWA)'s fifth report

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Ng, Jonathon Q ^a   Morlet, Nigel ^b   Pearman, John W ^b   Constable, Ian J ^a,c   McAllister, Ian L ^a,b   Kennedy, Christopher J ^d   Isaacs, Timothy ^a,b   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 21444439209     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.01.050     Document Type: Article

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