Bilateral pseudomonas aeruginosa endogenous endophthalmitis in an immune-competent pa tient with nosocomial ur osepsis following abdominal surgery

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Degoricija, Vesna ^a,b   Škerk, Vedrana ^b   Vatavuk, Zoran ^c   Knežević, Tamara ^c   Šefer, Siniša ^d   Vučičević, Željko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b University Department of Medicine   (Croatia)

^c University Department of Ophthalmology   (Croatia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Case report; Complications; Cross infections; Endophthalmitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Surgical operative procedures

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LISINOPRIL; POTASSIUM; POVIDONE IODINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLINDNESS; BLOATING; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EYE SWELLING; FEVER; GANGRENE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; MELENA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIGMOID COLON GANGRENE; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROSEPSIS; VITREOUS BODY; ABDOMEN; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ABDOMEN; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84856609343     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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