Orbital abscess secondary to acute dacryocystitis: Case report;Abscesso orbitário secundário à dacriocistite aguda: Relato de caso

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 576-578

  Martins, Marcia Clivati ^a   da Silva Ricardo, José Reinaldo ^a   Akaishi, Patrícia Mitiko Santello ^a   Velasco e Cruz, Antonio Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abscess; Bacterial infections; Case reports Publication type ; Cellulitis; Dacryocystitis complications; Lacrimal apparatus diseases; Orbital diseases etiology

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DACRYOCYSTITIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORBIT DISEASE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; REVIEW;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA;

EID: 67649205099     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492008000400020     Document Type: Article

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