Haemophilus influenzae associated scleritis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 410-413

  Sykes, Scott O ^b   Riemann, Christopher ^c   Santos, Carmen I ^d   Meisler, David M ^c   Lowder, Careen Y ^c   Whitcher, John P ^a,b   Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^a,b  

^a Francis I Proctor Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; FLUOROMETHOLONE; GENTAMICIN; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLLAGEN DEFECT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; NECROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERITIS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032960026     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.4.410     Document Type: Article

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