Laboratory diagnosis of endophthalmitis: Comparison of microbiology and molecular methods in the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons multicenter study and susceptibility testing

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1439-1450

  Seal, David ^a   Reischl, Udo ^a   Behr, Anke ^a   Ferrer, Consuelo ^a   Alió, Jorge ^a   Koerner, Roland J ^a   Barry, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EUROPE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHENAZINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 49649118347     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.05.043     Document Type: Article

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