Antimicrobial resistance profiles of ocular and nasal flora in patients undergoing intravitreal injections

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Alabiad, Chrisfouad R ^a   Miller, Darlene ^a   Schiffman, Joyce C ^a   Davis, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CITROBACTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDICATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 81855218675     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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