Intraocular cysts of toxoplasma gondii in patients with necrotizing retinitis following periocular/intraocular triamcinolone injection

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 396-399

  Nijhawan, Raje ^a   Bansal, Reema ^a   Gupta, Nalini ^a   Beke, Nikhil ^a   Kulkarni, Pandurang ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Cytology; Intraocular; Subretinal; Toxoplasma gondii; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SILICONE OIL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRADYZOITE; CASE REPORT; CHOROIDITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA NECROSIS; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANUVEITIS; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; TRIAMCINOLONE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84885350843     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2013.810276     Document Type: Article

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