Erratum (DOI:10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.10.022);Postcataract endophthalmitis: Incidence and microbial isolates in a United Kingdom region from 1996 through 2004

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-268

  Mollan, Susan P ^a   Gao, Anna ^a   Lockwood, Alastair ^a   Durrani, Omar M ^a   Butler, Lucilla ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

EID: 33846614093     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.005     Document Type: Erratum

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