Delayed-onset post-keratoplasty endophthalmitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-374

  Hernandez Camarena, Julio C ^a   Bautista De Lucio, Victor M ^a   Navas, Alejandro ^a   Ramirez Miranda, Arturo ^a   Graue Hernandez, Enrique O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY CONDE DE VALENCIANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Delayed onset endophthalmitis; Intravitreal antibiotics; Penetrating keratoplasty; Systemic linezolid; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; B SCAN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; KERATOCONUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 84877731118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000344006     Document Type: Review

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