Abstract：
:This article describes an investigation to identify risk factors for postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A retrospective case-control study, including 8 cases and 24 controls operated from 2005 to 2009, was undertaken. The risk factors associated with P aeruginosa infection were a particular operating room (P = .003) and longer phacoemulsification duration (P = .001), suggesting that infection was not associated with patient characteristics but rather with the surgical environment and phacoemulsification duration.
journal_name
Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
Luz RA,Padoveze MC,Falabella P,Morais Lde C,Ghirelli W,Cvintal Tdoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.042subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-12-01 00:00:00pages
1287-9issue
12eissn
0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
S0196-6553(13)00227-7journal_volume
41pub_type
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更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.1016/j.ajic.2008.10.025
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