An outbreak of endophthalmitis after extracapsular cataract surgery probably caused by endotoxin contaminated distilled water used to dissolve acetylcholine.

Boks, T; van Dissel, J T; Teterissa, N; Ros, F; Mahmut, M H; Utama, E D; Rol, M; van Asdonk, P; Airiani, S; van Meurs, J C

Boks, T; van Dissel, J T; Teterissa, N; Ros, F; Mahmut, M H; Utama, E D; Rol, M; van Asdonk, P; Airiani, S; van Meurs, J C.

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Boks T; Logi Ster BV, Sliedrecht, Netherlands.

Br J Ophthalmol ; 90(9): 1094-7, 2006 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16687451

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Cataract Extraction; Disease Outbreaks; Drug Contamination; Endophthalmitis/etiology; Eye Infections, Bacterial/etiology; Water Microbiology; Acetylcholine; Cross Infection/epidemiology; Cross Infection/etiology; Endophthalmitis/epidemiology; Endotoxins/adverse effects; Eye Infections, Bacterial/epidemiology; Humans; Indonesia/epidemiology; Postoperative Complications; Pseudomonas/isolation & purification; Pseudomonas Infections/epidemiology; Pseudomonas Infections/etiology; Solutions

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Water Microbiology / Cataract Extraction / Eye Infections, Bacterial / Endophthalmitis / Drug Contamination / Disease Outbreaks Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Br J Ophthalmol Year: 2006 Type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands

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