Case report of orbital cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis from melioidosis

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Saonanon, Preamjit ^a   Tirakunwichcha, Suppapong ^a   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DETERIORATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE SWELLING; EYELID; FEVER; FOREHEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG LOBE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RURAL AREA; SCAR; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SMEAR; SPLEEN ABSCESS; THAILAND; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEFTAZIDIME; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880048178     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: 15372677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318275b601     Document Type: Article

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