Blindness from Septic Thrombophlebitis of the Orbit and Cavernous Sinus Caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 652-654

  Arat, Yonca Ozkan ^a,b   Shetlar, Debra J ^a   Rose, James E ^a  

^a Scurlock Tower ^*

^b Yonca Ozkan Arat Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 1842530211     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.4.652     Document Type: Article

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