Postoperative inflammation as the presenting sign of latent syphilis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 119-120

  Yeung, Sonia N ^a   Blicker, Jeffrey A ^a   Maberley, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammation; Latent syphilis; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; SYPHILIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYPHILIS, LATENT; UVEITIS;

EID: 45749104429     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940802023828     Document Type: Article

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