Endophthalmitis after Nd:YAG laser capsu
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G. H. G. Neuteboom; W. A. E. J. Vries-Knoppert
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Article
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1988
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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A 63-year-old patient underwent a Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy, 5 months after an extracapsular cataract extraction. One day later endophthalmitis had developed. Staphylococcus epidermidis was cultured from the vitreous. We assume that this micro-organism, a pathogen of low virulence, had been sequester