Bacterial and fungal endophthalmitis in Upper Egypt: Related species and risk factors

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 655-659

  Gharamah, A A ^a   Moharram, A M ^b   Ismail, M A ^b   Al Hussaini, A K ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Endophthalmitis; Fungal; Ophthalmic surgery; Risk factors; Trauma; Upper Egypt

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CATALASE; CETRIMIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; MYCOTOXIN; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE; TERBINAFINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREASE; ENZYME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EUROTIUM; EUROTIUM AMSTELODAMI; EYE SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; EGYPT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; MYCOTOXINS; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84860612561     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60115-4     Document Type: Article

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