Reduction of preoperative conjunctival bacterial flora with the use of mupirocin nasal ointment

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 104, Issue , 2006, Pages 196-200

  Alexandrou, Terry J ^a   Hariprasad, Seenu M ^a   Benevento, Joseph ^a   Rubin, Michael P ^a   Saidel, Michael ^a   Ksiazek, Susan ^a   Thompson, Kenneth ^a   Boonlayangoor, Sue ^a   Mieler, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; NASAL MUCOSA; OINTMENTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33947704647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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