Safety Measures for Maintaining Low Endophthalmitis Rate after Intravitreal Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injection before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, intravitreal injections are performed with patients wearing masks. The risk of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection is reported to increase due to an influx of exhaled air containing oral bacteria from the upper part of the mask onto the ocular surface. We retro...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Koji, Shimada, Hiroyuki, Mori, Ryusaburo, Kitagawa, Yorihisa, Onoe, Hajime, Tamura, Kazuki, Nakashizuka, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35160327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11030876

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35160327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11030876

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