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External ocular surface bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among pre-operative cataract patients at Mulago National Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Endophthalmitis is a severe complication of cataract surgery which leads to high ocular morbidity and visual loss even with antibiotic treatment. Bacterial ocular floras are the implicated causative agents. This study was undertaken to evaluate the external ocular surface bacterial isola...

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Autores principales: Mshangila, Barnabas, Paddy, Musana, Kajumbula, Henry, Ateenyi-Agaba, Charles, Kahwa, Binta, Seni, Jeremiah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24238071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-13-71