Rhizobium radiobacter endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-285

  Joshi, Lavnish ^a,b   Morarji, Jiten ^a   Tomkins Netzer, Oren ^a   Lightman, Sue ^a,b   Taylor, Simon R J ^a,c,d  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Gram negative organism; Intravitreal injection; Rhizobium radiobacter

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; POVIDONE IODINE; RANIBIZUMAB; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPYON; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

EID: 84879095189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342693     Document Type: Article

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