Disseminated orbital actinomycetoma: A case report

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-63

  Shanbhag, Nita Umesh ^a   Karandikar, Sumita ^a   Deshmukkh, Pooja Anil ^a  

^a Padmashree Dr DY Patil Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycetoma; Eyelid; Nocardia; Orbit; Scalp sinuses

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; ORBIT DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; ORBIT; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73849124526     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.58474     Document Type: Article

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