Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Actinomyces meyeri

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-98

  Peponis, Vasileios G ^a   Chalkiadakis, Spyridon E ^a   Parikakis, Efstratios A ^a   Mitropoulos, Panagiotis G ^a  

^a Ophthalmiatreio Athens Eye Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Actinomyces meyeri; Cataract surgery; Chronic endophthalmitis; Pars plana vitrectomy; Topical antibiotics

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN PLUS VANCOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; OFLOXACIN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE LAVAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; OPERATION DURATION; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79957598920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326062     Document Type: Article

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