Rifabutin-induced uveitis with inflammatory vitreous infiltrate

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 344-346

  Khan, Mushtaq A ^a   Singh, Jas ^a   Dhillon, Baljean ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; MAC; Rifabutin

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFABUTIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 0033911286     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2000.85     Document Type: Article

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