Current treatment and outcome in orbital cellulitis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-379

  Ferguson, M P ^a,b   McNab, A A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Orbit; Orbital abscess; Orbital cellulitis; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033380563     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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