Risk factors for postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Possible role of environment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1287-1289

  Luz, Reginaldo Adalberto ^a,b   Padoveze, Maria Clara ^b   Falabella, Paulo ^a   Morais, Leila De Castro ^a   Ghirelli, Wagner ^a   Cvintal, Tadeu ^a  

^a Centro de Oftalmologia Tadeu Cvintal   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Cross infection; Opthalmologic surgical procedures; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS INFECTION; OPTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84888430547     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.042     Document Type: Article

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