Devastating endophthalmitis following penetrating ocular injury during night sleep from orthodontic headgear: Case report and literature review

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-258

  Blum Hareuveni, Tami ^a   Rehany, Uri ^a   Rumelt, Shimon ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blindness; Endophthalmitis; Extra oral traction device; Facebow; Foreign body; Headgear; Mixed infection; Orthodontic; Penetrating injury; Sympathetic ophthalmia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPENTOLATE; GENTAMICIN; SILICONE OIL; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA PERFORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LENSECTOMY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MIXED INFECTION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CORNEA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXTRAORAL TRACTION APPLIANCES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644512382     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-1163-4     Document Type: Review

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