Orbital tuberculosis: A review of the literature

Orbit

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-277

  Madge, Simon N ^a,d   Prabhakaran, Venkatesh C ^a   Shome, Debraj ^b   Kim, Usha ^c   Honavar, Santosh ^b   Selva, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mycobacteria; Orbit; TB; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GATIFLOXACIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORBITAL TUBERCULOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER REVIEW; PERIOSTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS DACRYOADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 50049118419     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830802225152     Document Type: Review

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