Antibiotics for treating postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nagar, Madhu ^a   Sivaprasad, S ^b   Kapoor, B ^b  

^a Clayton Eye Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; LENSECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949144142     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006656     Document Type: Review

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