Uveitis associated with rifabutin and macrolide therapy for Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection in AIDS patients

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 419-421

  Kelleher, P ^a,b   Helbert, M ^a   Sweeney, J ^a   Anderson, Jane ^a   Parkin, Jacqueline ^a   Pinching, A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clarithromycin; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare; rifabutin; uveitis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; MACROLIDE; MYDRIATIC AGENT; RIFABUTIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 0030478047     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.6.419     Document Type: Article

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