Acute Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery: 250 Consecutive Cases Treated at a Tertiary Referral Center in the Netherlands

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Pijl, Benjamin J ^a   Theelen, Thomas ^a   Tilanus, Maurits A D ^a   Rentenaar, Rob ^a   Crama, Niels ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

EID: 76749122794     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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