Infectious scleritis after pars plana vitrectomy because of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus resistant to fourth-generation fluoroquinolones

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-240

  Feiz, Vahid ^a   Redline, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourth generation fluoroquinolones; MRSA; Scleritis

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; INDOMETACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SCLERITIS; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROMYCIN; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SCLERITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33846626408     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000248383.09272.ee     Document Type: Article

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