Sterile endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Wang, Lu Chun ^a   Yang, Chung May ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Intravitreal injection; Macular edema; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INJECTION; INJURY; LENS CAPSULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RISK FACTORS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 26944488400     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940590951007     Document Type: Article

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