Successful treatment of endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis: A case report

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-31

  Ishii, Kotaro ^a,b   Hiraoka, Takahiro ^a   Kaji, Yuichi ^a   Sakata, Norishige ^b   Motoyama, Yuta ^c   Oshika, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early vitrectomy; Endophthalmitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE LAVAGE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LENSECTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 78751644739     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-010-9387-7     Document Type: Article

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