Delayed-onset endophthalmitis following cataract surgery caused by Acremonium strictum

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 506-507

  Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^b   Miller, Darlene ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 28444477663     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20051101-12     Document Type: Article

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