Prospective study of risk factors for conjunctival bacterial contamination in patients undergoing intraocular surgery

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 717-722

  De Kaspar, Herminia Miño ^a,b   Ta, Christopher N ^b   Froehlich, Stephan J ^a   Schaller, Ulrich C ^a   Engelbert, Michael ^a   Klauss, Volker ^a   Kampik, Anselm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival bacterial flora; Endophthalmitis; Intraocular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GRAMICIDIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSPECTRAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 70549107798     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210901900505     Document Type: Article

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