Diagnostic value of pediatric blood culture bottles for acute postoperative endophthalmitis

OBJECTIVE: To report our experience using conventional culture methods (CM) and pediatric blood culture bottles (PBCBs) for vitreous sample culture of acute postoperative endophthalmitis. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital das Clinicas, HCFMUSP...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Tanaka, Bruno Fortaleza de Aquino Ferreira, Luiza Manhezi Shin de Oliveira, Juliana Mika Kato, Thais Sabato Romano Di Gioia, Flavia Rossi, Yoshitaka Nakashima, Sergio Luis Gianotti Pimentel, Joyce Hisae Yamamoto, Joao Nobrega de Almeida Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2019-04-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322019000100219&lng=en&tlng=en