Acute dacryocystitis presenting as an orbital abscess

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-46

  Ataullah, Sajid ^a   Sloan, Brian ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute dacryocystitis; Orbital abscess; Orbital cellulitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036120865     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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