Incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery (2002-2008) at a Brazilian university-hospital

Purpose: To report on the incidence, diagnostic technique, and microbiological features of endophthalmitis at a university-setting in Brazil. Methods: All cases of presumed postoperative endophthalmitis from 2002 to 2008 at a teaching-hospital were included. Main data assessed were: number of catara...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Barreto Melo, Paulo José Martins Bispo, Caio Vinícius Saito Regatieri, Maria Cecília Zorat Yu, Antônio Carlos Campos Pignatari, Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2010-12-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492010000600007&lng=en&tlng=en