Poststreptococcal keratouveitis associated with group C streptococcus pharyngitis

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1257-1259

  Nataneli, Nathaniel ^a   Aguilera, Zenia P ^a   Rosenbaum, Pearl S ^a   Goldstein, Tamar ^a,b   Mayers, Martin ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Keratolysis; Keratouveitis; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DOXYCYCLINE; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILATERAL OCULAR REDNESS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATITIS; KERATOLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL KERATOUVEITIS; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; SYMPTOM; UVEITIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 81055140889     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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