Conjunctival sac bacterial flora isolated prior to cataract surgery

Infection and Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-41

  Suto, Chikako ^a,b   Morinaga, Masahiro ^a,b   Yagi, Tomoko ^a,b   Tsuji, Chieko ^a   Toshida, Hiroshi ^c  

^a Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Cataract surgery; Conjunctival sac; Diabetes mellitus; Endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

CEFMENOXIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIALYSIS; DRY EYE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 84861363964     PISSN: 11786973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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