Delayed-onset Streptococcus pyogenes endophthalmitis following Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-317

  Bayraktar, Zerrin ^a,b   Kapran, Ziya ^a   Bayraktar, Şükrü ^a   Acar, Nur ^a   Unver, Yaprak Banu ^a   Gök, Kemran ^a  

^a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ahmed glaucoma valve; Endophthalmitis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; POLYPROPYLENE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUTURE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 24644481859     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-005-0202-3     Document Type: Article

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