Intraocular infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 733-737

  Aziz, Hassan A ^a   Berrocal, Audina M ^a,b   Sisk, Robert A ^a   Hartley, Kristin ^a   Diaz Barbosa, Magaly ^b   Johnson, Rose A ^b   Hess, Ditte ^a   Dubovy, Sander R ^a   Murray, Timothy G ^a   Flynn, Harry W ^a  

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

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous endophthalmitis; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA ENDOPHTHALMITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENSECTOMY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84863423182     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S26362     Document Type: Article

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