Clinico-microbiological profile and visual outcomes of post-traumatic endophthalmitis at a tertiary eye care center in South India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-10

  Vedantham, Vasumathy ^a   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a   Ramasamy, Kim ^a   Prakash, Karthik ^a   Namperumalsamy, Perumalsamy ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Microbiology; Outcome; Post traumatic endophthalmitis; Susceptibility profile; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644846956     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.21607     Document Type: Article

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