Incidence and visual outcome of endophthalmitis associated with intraocular foreign bodies

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Chaudhry, Imtiaz A ^a   Shamsi, Farrukh A ^a   Al Harthi, Essam ^a   Al Theeb, Abdulwahab ^a   Elzaridi, Elsanusi ^b   Riley, Fenwick C ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Newcastle Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Foreign bodies; Risk factors; Trauma; Visualacuity

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CILIARY DISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

BACTERIA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 38749139875     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0586-5     Document Type: Article

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