The Prognostic Role of Donor Corneoscleral Rim Cultures in Corneal Transplantation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-445

  Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a   Hassan, Sohela S ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DONOR; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; KERATOPLASTY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RECIPIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BAYES THEOREM; CANDIDIASIS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCLERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33847119775     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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