Fulminant orbital cellulitis with complete loss of vision

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 260-261

  Connell, Ben ^a   Kamal, Zahid ^a   McNab, Alan A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Orbit; Streptococcus pyogenes; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCISION; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PERCEPTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CELLULITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBITAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034864403     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2001.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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