Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Mycobacterium chelonae coinfection of the extraocular scleral buckle explant

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 441-442

  Liu, David T L ^a   Lee, Vincent Y W ^a   Chi Lai, Li ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Extraocular; Mycobacterium chelonae; Scleral buckle explant; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SILICON; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SYMBIOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRULENCE;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERAL BUCKLING; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 37349011457     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701732263     Document Type: Article

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