Endophthalmitis following keratoplasty: Incidence, microbial profile, visual and structural outcomes

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 218-223

  Alharbi, Saad S ^a   Alrajhi, Ali ^a   Alkahtani, Eman ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Culture positive; Endophthalmitis; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INFLAMMATION; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VITRECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; BACTERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901398420     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2013.841956     Document Type: Article

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