Bilateral simultaneous Achromobacter xylosoxidans keratitis following penetrating keratoplasty

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2149-2152

  Srinivasan, Sathish ^a   McAllum, Penny ^a   Poutanen, Susan M ^a   Slomovic, Allan R ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LENS IMPLANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINES;

EID: 33751395134     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.06.041     Document Type: Article

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