Conjunctival swabs and corneoscleral rim cultures from corneal transplantation donors as possible early indicators for posttransplant endopthalmitis

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Matsumoto, Makiko ^a   Suzuma, Kiyoshi ^a   Miyamura, Noritake ^a   Imamura, Naoki ^a   Kitaoka, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Corneal transplantation; Donor rim; Microbiological study; Postoperative endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVAL SWAB; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEOSCLERAL RIM CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEATH; DISINFECTION; DONOR; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISINFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE BANKS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 80054720832     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-011-0025-3     Document Type: Article

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