Nocardia farcinica infection of a Baerveldt implant and endophthalmitis in a patient with a Boston Type i Keratoprosthesis

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-340

  Tsui, Irena ^a   Uslan, Daniel Z ^b   Hubschman, Jean Pierre ^a   Deng, Sophie X ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston type I keratoprosthesis; Endophthalmitis; Glaucoma drainage device; Keratitis; Nocardia infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; POLYTRIM; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; VITRECTOMY; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; COMPLICATION; CORNEA; DRUG COMBINATION; EYE SURGERY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEA; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954011653     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181bd8987     Document Type: Article

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