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Prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis

Mark Packer, David F Chang, Steven H Dewey, Brian C Little, Nick Mamalis, Thomas A Oetting, Audrey Talley-Rostov, Sonia H Yoo and ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, Vol.37(9), pp.1699-1714
09/2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.06.018
PMID: 21782382

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

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