Iris root abscess and necrotizing sclerokeratitis caused by mycobacterium abscessus and presenting as hemorrhagic anterior uveitis

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-257

  Clare, Gerry ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic uveitis; Iris abscess; Mycobacterium abscessus; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; NTM; Sclerokeratitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; OFLOXACIN; STEROID;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC ANTERIOR UVEITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRIS ROOT ABSCESS; KERATITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NECROTIZING SCLEROKERATITIS; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; TUBERCULIN TEST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABSCESS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPHEMA; IRIS DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SCLERITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 38549095106     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815bd1ed     Document Type: Article

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