Comparison of preoperative conjunctival bacterial flora in patients undergoing glaucoma or cataract surgery

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-509

  De Kaspar, Herminia Miño ^a,b   Kreidl, Ken O ^a   Singh, Kuldev ^a   Ta, Christopher N ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Cataract; Endophthalmitis; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DRUG PRESERVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 9144248024     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000137872.19942.cf     Document Type: Article

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