Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
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Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
We present two patients with active, foul-smelling, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wounds of the forehead and sternum following craniotomy or open heart surgery. Both had debilitating cataracts and were told by the infectious diseases team that cataract surgery is very risky. Both underwent sequential bilateral phacoemulsification with no sign of infection. Patients with act...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Ophthalmology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1177-5483
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s61037