Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 265-268 , February 2007

Postcataract endophthalmitis: Incidence and microbial isolates in a United Kingdom region from 1996 through 2004

,Accepted 6 October 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 2005.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01343-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.10.022

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 265-268 , February 2007

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