Bilateral cavernous sinus thromboses and intraorbital abscesses secondary to Streptococcus milleri

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 569-574

  Watkins, Lynnette M ^a   Pasternack, Mark S ^b   Banks, Michelle ^a   Kousoubris, Philip ^a   Rubin, Peter A D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEPARIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ETHMOID SINUS; EVALUATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INTRAORBITAL ABSCESS; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBITAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037372186     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01765-7     Document Type: Article

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