Bacillus cereus infection after descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1068-1070

  Basak, Samar K ^a   Deolekar, Sheetal S ^a   Mohanta, Ayan ^a   Banerjee, Sanjib ^a   Saha, Suman ^b  

^a Research Centre   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; keratitis; panophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS INFECTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LENS IMPLANT; PANOPHTHALMITIS; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CORNEAL ULCER; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865474525     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f0b49     Document Type: Article

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