Changes in ocular flora in eyes exposed to ophthalmic antibiotics

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 937-941

  Dave, Sarita B ^a   Toma, Hassanain S ^a   Kim, Stephen J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR FLORA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIA; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINES;

EID: 84877757099     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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