Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Ocular and Adnexal Infections

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-235

  Moorthy, Ramana S ^a,b,c   Valluri, Shailaja ^a,d   Rao, Narsing A ^e,f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Associated Vitreoretinal and Uveitis Consultants   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Cutaneous periocular infections; Dacryocystitis; Mycobacterium avium complex; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Orbital infections; Postoperative endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADNEXITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEPHARITIS; CHORIORETINITIS; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXCISION; EYE INFECTION; GENOTYPE; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM STAINING; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LACRIMAL CANALICULITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; ORBIT INFECTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SCLERITIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VITRECTOMY;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84859876026     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2011.10.006     Document Type: Review

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