Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus complex clear corneal wound infection with recurrent hypopyon and perforation after phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1448-1451

  Servat, Juan Javier ^a   Ramos Esteban, Jerome C ^a   Tauber, Shachar ^a,b   Bia, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St John's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYANOACRYLATE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; MAXITROL; PREDNISOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TISSUE CULTURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ABSCESS; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RUPTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; CYANOACRYLATES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SUPPURATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 24944563757     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.12.053     Document Type: Article

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