An outbreak of forty five cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa acute endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 344-347

  Guerra, Ricardo Luz Leitão ^a   De Paula Freitas, Bruno ^a   Parcero, Cintia Maria Felix Medrado ^a   Maia Júnior, Otacílio de Oliveira ^a   Marback, Roberto Lorens ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis etiology; Equipment contamination; Infections; Phacoemulsification adverse effects; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84875886445     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492012000500010     Document Type: Article

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