Mycobacterium chelonae canaliculitis associated with SmartPlug use

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-243

  Fowler, Amy M ^a   Dutton, Jonathan J ^a   Fowler, W Craig ^a   Gilligan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANALICULITIS; CANALICULOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DEVICE; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; INFECTION; INTUBATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACRIMAL DUCT; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; STENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STENTS;

EID: 45549102654     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181724302     Document Type: Article

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