Endophthalmitis after pars plana vitrectomy: Incidence, causative organisms, and visual acuity outcomes

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 799-802

  Eifrig, Charles W G ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^a   Smiddy, William E ^a   Newton, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 7544234961     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.06.035     Document Type: Article

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