Analysis of Diluted Vitreous Samples from Vitrectomy Is Useful in Eyes with Severe Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Chiquet, Christophe ^a   Maurin, Max ^a   Thuret, Gilles ^b   Benito, Yvonne ^c   Cornut, Pierre Loïc ^c   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine ^d   Rouberol, Frédéric ^c   Pechinot, André ^d   Lina, Gérard ^c   Romanet, Jean Paul ^a   Bron, Alain ^d   Vandenesch, François ^c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; TROPICAMIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

EID: 70849121512     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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