Propionibacterium acnes endogenous endophthalmitis presenting with bilateral scleritis and uveitis

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 944-945

  Ang, M ^a   Chee, S P ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IBUPROFEN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ASEPSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCLERITIS; SEPSIS; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77952533803     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.194     Document Type: Letter

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