Choroiditis, pigment epithelial detachment, and cystoid macular edema as complications of poststreptococcal syndrome

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 578-585

  Besada, Eulogio ^a   Frauens, Barry J ^a   Schatz, Scott ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antistreptolysin antibody; Choroiditis; Cystoid macular edema; Granulomatous uveitis; Nongranulomatous uveitis; Posterior uveitis; Poststreptococcal syndrome; Poststreptococcal uveitis; Retinal pigment epithelial detachment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; VISION;

CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA; PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENT; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

PIGMENTS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; STEROID;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UVEITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOROIDITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOLYSINS; SYNDROME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 4143080413     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000141792.16683.91     Document Type: Article

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