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. 2011 Sep;37(9):1699-714.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.06.018. Epub 2011 Jul 22.

Prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis

Mark Packer  1 , David F Chang, Steven H Dewey, Brian C Little, Nick Mamalis, Thomas A Oetting, Audrey Talley-Rostov, Sonia H Yoo; ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee
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Prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis

Mark Packer et al. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

This distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific literature on infection after cataract surgery summarizes background material on epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis, describes the roles of surgical technique and antibiotic prophylaxis in prevention, and discusses diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in cases of suspected endophthalmitis.

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