A case of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus conjunctivitis and its clinically successful topical treatment

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-224

  Maguen, Ezra ^a,b   Morgan, Margie A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Moxifloxacin; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROCEFIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; QUINOLINES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33846471051     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000243957.29898.13     Document Type: Article

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