Presumed infectious endophthalmitis following cataract surgery in the UK: A case - Control study of risk factors

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 580-586

  Kamalarajah, S ^a   Ling, R ^b   Silvestri, G ^c   Sharma, N K ^a   Cole, M D ^b   Cran, G ^d   Best, R M ^c  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MASK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248378241     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702368     Document Type: Article

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