Blood culture and conventional media for vitreous culture in infectious endophthalmitis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 639-642

  Yospaiboon, Yosanan ^a   Saree, Sarawuth ^a   Pasadhika, Sirichai ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blood culture bottle; Conventional culture media; Infectious endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCALIGENACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS CULTURE; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 23044510774     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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