Novel infectious agents causing uveitis

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 465-483

  Khairallah, Moncef ^a   Chee, Soon Phaik ^b,c,d   Rathinam, Sivakumar R ^e   Attia, Sonia ^a   Nadella, Venu ^e  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Chorioretinitis; Dengue fever; Emergent infectious diseases; Infection; Optic nerve involvement; Retinal vasculitis; Retinitis; Rickettsioses; Rift valley fever; Uveitis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; INTERFERON; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; TIMOLOL MALEATE; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

ARTHRITIS; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EYE DISEASE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; KERATITIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE COMPRESSION; NURSING CARE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PETECHIA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEROLOGY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; UVEITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; UVEITIS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 78649331476     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-009-9319-6     Document Type: Review

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