@article {85,
	title = {Contamination of donor cornea: postpenetrating keratoplasty endophthalmitis},
	journal = {Cornea},
	volume = {10},
	year = {1991},
	note = {Antonios, S R Cameron, J A Badr, I A Habash, N R Cotter, J B United states Cornea Cornea. 1991 May;10(3):217-20.},
	month = {May},
	pages = {217 - 20},
	edition = {33359},
	abstract = {Nine cases (0.41\%) of bacterial and fungal endophthalmitis developed out of a total of 2,210 consecutive penetrating keratoplasties performed between November 1983 and April 1989. Five of the nine cases (0.23\%) had endophthalmitis related to donor tissue contamination. The donor tissue of these cases had a storage time of greater than 5 days. A retrospective analysis of 1,399 consecutive corneoscleral rim cultures showed a contamination rate of 29\%. The most common organisms isolated were Propionibacterium 26\%, diphtheroids 24\%, Staphylococcus epidermidis 22\%, and fungi 9\%. There is a statistically significant increase (p less than 0.005) in the percentage of contaminated donor rims with a preservation time of more than five days. The risk of developing endophthalmitis is 12 times greater with a positive donor rim culture. Prolonged preservation of donor tissue can be a risk factor in developing endophthalmitis.},
	keywords = {*Tissue Donors, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Cornea / *microbiology, Endophthalmitis / *microbiology, Eye Infections, Bacterial / *etiology, Eye Infections, Fungal / *etiology, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Keratoplasty, Penetrating / *adverse effects, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Tissue Preservation},
	issn = {0277-3740 (Print) 0277-3740 (Linking)},
	url = {internal-pdf://Antonios - contamination of donor corneas-1185220096/Antonios - contamination of donor corneas.pdf},
	author = {Antonios,S. R. and Cameron,J. A. and Badr,I. A. and Habash,N. R. and Cotter,J. B.}
}
