Clinical aspects of ocular leptospirosis in New Caledonia (South Pacific)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 380-386

  Mancel, Erica ^a,c   Merien, Fabrice ^b   Pesenti, Laurent ^a   Salino, Dominique ^a   Angibaud, Gilles ^a   Perolat, Philippe ^b  

^a Gaston Bourret Hospital   (New Caledonia)

^b Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^c NONE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Optic neuritis; Polymerase chain reaction; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMOXICILLIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PEFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINOLONE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPIL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW CALEDONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS;

EID: 0033392022     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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