Infected aluminum oxide orbital implant

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-67

  Jordan, David R ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a   Robinson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; ORBIT IMPLANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645236565     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iop.0000197018.44245.7e     Document Type: Article

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