Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting with conjunctival nodules in association with Candida albicans and ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-443

  Ooi, Kenneth G J ^a   Drummond, Suzannah R ^a   Thompson, Kirsteen J ^a   Roberts, Fiona ^a   Kemp, Ewan G ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Candida albicans; Churg Strauss syndrome; Conjunctival nodules

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FUSIDIC ACID; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 4444320009     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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