Quality assessment and microbiologic screening of donor corneas

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 953-955

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

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal preservation; Donor cornea; Eye banking; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DONOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BANKS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN PRESERVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34548228598     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31811dfb72     Document Type: Article

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