Isolates and antibiotic resistance of culture-proven endophthalmitis cases presented to a referral center in Tehran

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-363

  Falavarjani, Khalil Ghasemi ^a   Nekoozadeh, Shahbaz ^a   Modarres, Mehdi ^a   Parvaresh, Mohammad M ^a   Hashemi, Masih ^a   Soodi, Reza ^a   Alemzadeh, Sayyed Amirpooya ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Culture; Endophthalmitis; Microorganism

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870176214     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.102740     Document Type: Article

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