Sterile endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab obtained from a single batch

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-490

  Yamashiro, Kenji ^a   Tsujikawa, Akitaka ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Oh, Hideasu ^a   Otani, Atsushi ^a   Tamuara, Hiroshi ^a   Ooto, Sotaro ^a   Sasahara, Manabu ^a   Iwama, Daisuke ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bevacizumab; Branch retinal vein occlusion; Endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BEVACIZUMAB; CEFMENOXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFTAZIDIME; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77949369713     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181bd2d51     Document Type: Article

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