A cluster of acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis over a 1-month period: Investigation of an outbreak caused by uncommon species

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-484

  Akçakaya, Aylin Ardagil ^a   Sargin, Fatma ^a   Erbil, Hasan Hasbi ^a   Yazici, Saadet ^a   Yaylali, Sevil Ari ^a   Mesçi, Cem ^a   Ergin, Sevgi ^b   Midilli, Kenan ^b  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELLULOSIMICROBIUM CELLULANS; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; EYE LAVAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 79952980482     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.177709     Document Type: Article

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