Outcome of Treated Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in the Middle East

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-354

  Chaudhry, Imtiaz A ^a   Shamsi, Farrukh A ^a   Elzaridi, Elsanusi ^b   Al Rashed, Waleed ^a   Al Amri, Abdulrahman ^c   Al Anezi, Fahad ^c   Arat, Yonca O ^d   Holck, David E ^e  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Royal Eye Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEUROSURGERY; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRABISMUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBITAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846806120     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.07.059     Document Type: Article

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