An outbreak of endophthalmitis after extracapsular cataract surgery probably caused by endotoxin contaminated distilled water used to dissolve acetylcholine

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1094-1097

  Boks, T ^b   Van Dissel, J T ^c   Teterissa, N ^d   Ros, F ^e   Mahmut, M Hamid ^f   Utama, E Djohan ^g   Rol, M ^h   Van Asdonk, P ⁱ   Airiani, S ^j   Van Meurs, Jan C ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Logi Ster BV   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Nursing School   (Netherlands)

^e Diakonessen Gasthuis   (Netherlands)

^f Jalan Mongonsidi Ujung ^*  (Indonesia)

^g Sint Elisabeth Hospital   (Indonesia)

^h RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Vision Clinics Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^j New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTOXIN; PYROGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENDOTOXINS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDONESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SOLUTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33748442103     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.094060     Document Type: Article

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