Herpes simplex keratitis misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis-related peripheral ulcerative keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1015-1017

  Zaher, Sarah S ^a   Sandinha, Teresa ^a   Roberts, Fiona ^b   Ramaesh, Kanna ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal peripheral ulcerative keratitis; Herpes simplex; Polymerase chain reaction; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRIFLURIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL PERIPHERAL ULCERATIVE KERATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERA; STROMA; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; TRIFLURIDINE;

EID: 28044468884     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000159758.36230.c1     Document Type: Article

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