Adjunctive antibiotics in the treatment of acute bacterial endophthalmitis following cataract surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hooper, Claire Y ^a   Lightman, Sue L ^a,b   Pacheco, Patricio ^a   Tam, Patrick M K ^c   Khan, Aldrin ^d   Taylor, Simon R J ^a,b,e  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL STUDY; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AZA COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUINOLINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84868200200     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02365.x     Document Type: Letter

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