Ocular surface bacterial colonisation in sedated intensive care unit patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 190-193

  Mela, E K ^a,b   Drimtzias, E G ^a,b   Christofidou, M K ^a,b   Filos, K S ^a,b   Anastassiou, E D ^a,b   Gartaganis, S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*

Author keywords

Acinetobacter ocular infection; Intensive care unit; Keratitis; Microbial colonisation; Pseudomonas ocular infection; Sedated patient

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; COLISTIMETHATE; NETILMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EROSION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KERATITIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEDATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 75749112047     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800129     Document Type: Article

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