Septic metastatic endophthalmitis complicating Klebsiella pneumoniae scalp furuncle [37]

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-144

  Chiu, Y T ^a   Tsai, Y Y ^a   Lin, J M ^a   Hung, P T ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SCALP; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33846047021     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702470     Document Type: Letter

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