Conjunctival bacterial flora and antibiotic resistance pattern in patients undergoing cataract surgery

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-36

  Faria e Arantes, Tiago Eugênio ^a   Cavalcanti, Ronald Fonseca ^a   Alves Diniz, Maria de Fátima ^b   Severo, Maiara Santos ^b   Neto, João Lins ^a   Barbosa de Castro, Célia Maria Machado ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO ALTINO VENTURA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Cataract extraction; Conjunctiva microbiology; Drug resistance; Endophthalmitis; Microbial; Staphylococcus Isolation purification

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS PENNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 33746344292     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492006000100007     Document Type: Article

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