Endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter baumanni: A case series

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 450-452

  Roy, R ^a   Panigrahi, P ^a   Malathi, J ^b   Pal, S S ^a   Nandi, K ^a   Patil, A ^a   Nigam, E ^a   Arora, V ^a  

^a Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya   (India)

^b SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; endophthalmitis; retina

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EVISCERATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENSECTOMY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREORETINAL SURGERY;

EID: 84875193395     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.277     Document Type: Article

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