Open AccessA study on the incidence, microbiological analysis and investigations on the source of infection of postoperative infectious endophthalmitis in a tertiary care ophthalmic hospital: An 8-year study
Author(s) -
Jambulingam Malathi,
Suresh Kumar Parameswaran,
Sagar Lysa,
M Selvaraj,
Madhavan Hn
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.64132
Subject(s) - medicine , endophthalmitis , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , surgery , optics , physics
The objective of the study was the determination of the incidence of culture-proven postoperative endophthalmitis and probable sources of infection.