Our experience using primary oral antibiotics in the management of orbital cellulitis in a tertiary referral centre

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-615

  Cannon, P S ^a   Mc Keag, D ^a   Radford, R ^a   Ataullah, S ^a   Leatherbarrow, B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Clindamycin; Complications; Orbital cellulitis; Primary oral antibiotics

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549097692     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.44     Document Type: Article

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