Burkholderia cepacia, a cause of post pars plana vitrectomy silicone oil related endophthalmitis: clinico-pathological presentation and outcome of management

Abstract Aim To report the long-term outcome of the management of a series of culture proven post pars plana vitrectomy endophthalmitis in which the infective agent was in the silicone oil used as an endotamponade. The isolates were Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Method A retrospec...

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Main Authors: Ogugua Ndubuisi Okonkwo, Adekunle Olubola Hassan, Olufemi Oderinlo, Michael Ekuoba Gyasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40942-018-0138-7