Contamination of Donor Cornea: Postpenetrating Keratoplasty Endophthalmitis

Nine cases (0.41%) of bacterial and fungal endophthalmitis developed out of a total of 2,210 consecutive penetrating keratoplasties performed between November 1983 and April 1989. Five of the nine cases (0.23%) had endophthalmitis related to donor tissue contamination. The donor tissue of these case...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cornea 1991-05, Vol.10 (3), p.217-220
Hauptverfasser:	Antonios, Sobhi R, Cameron, James A, Badr, Ihsan A, Habash, Nadim R, Cotter, John B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Cornea - microbiology Endophthalmitis - microbiology Eye Infections, Bacterial - etiology Eye Infections, Fungal - etiology Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Keratoplasty, Penetrating - adverse effects Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Tissue Donors Tissue Preservation
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