Open AccessAn intractable case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection after scleral buckling for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Author(s) -
Nami Nishikiori
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s2423
Subject(s) - explant culture , medicine , scleral buckling , retinal detachment , pseudomonas aeruginosa , scleral buckle , antibiotics , ophthalmology , surgery , retinal , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , genetics , in vitro
Scleral buckling is still a common procedure to repair rhematogenous retinal detachment, and acute or chronic infection of the scleral explant is rare. We report an intractable case of acute scleral explant infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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