A study on the incidence, microbiological analysis and investigations on the source of infection of postoperative infectious endophthalmitis in a tertiary care ophthalmic hospital: An 8-year study

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-302

  Jambulingam, Malathi ^a   Parameswaran, Suresh Kumar ^b   Lysa, Sagar ^b   Selvaraj, Margarita ^a   Madhavan, Hajib N ^a  

^a Sankara Nethralaya   (India)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Incidence; postoperative infectious endophthalmitis; source of infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FOLLOW UP; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DISEASE; STATISTICS; TIME; VITREOUS BODY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77956016973     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.64132     Document Type: Article

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