Prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis.

Authors :: Packer M
Chang DF
Dewey SH
Little BC
Mamalis N
Oetting TA
Talley-Rostov A
Yoo SH
Source :: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery [J Cataract Refract Surg] 2011 Sep; Vol. 37 (9), pp. 1699-714. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jul 22.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: This distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific literature on infection after cataract surgery summarizes background material on epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis, describes the roles of surgical technique and antibiotic prophylaxis in prevention, and discusses diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in cases of suspected endophthalmitis.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 ASCRS and ESCRS. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Acute Disease
Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use
Bacteria isolation & purification
Cataract Extraction
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Incidence
Risk Factors
Endophthalmitis diagnosis
Endophthalmitis prevention & control
Endophthalmitis therapy
Eye Infections, Bacterial diagnosis
Eye Infections, Bacterial prevention & control
Eye Infections, Bacterial therapy
Postoperative Complications

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