Intraocular tuberculosis without detectable systemic infection

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1386-1388

  Saravanthan, Nagini ^a   Wiselka, Martin ^a   Bibby, Kim ^a,b  

^a Leicester Royal Infirmary ^*

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHOROID DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE DISEASES; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DISEASES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031694657     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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