Rifabutin-associated panuveitis with retinal vasculitis in pulmonary tuberculosis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 483-485

  Skolik, Stephanie ^a   Willermain, François ^b   Caspers, Laure E ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Retinal vasculitis; Rifabutin; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFABUTIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETINA VASCULITIS; UVEITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL VASCULITIS; RIFABUTIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 28844459423     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940590951115     Document Type: Article

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