Periocular necrotizing fasciitis causing blindness.

Shield, David R; Servat, Javier; Paul, Sean; Turbin, Roger E; Moreau, Annie; de la Garza, Adam; El Rassi, Edward; Silbert, Jonathan; Lesser, Robert; Levin, Flora

Shield, David R; Servat, Javier; Paul, Sean; Turbin, Roger E; Moreau, Annie; de la Garza, Adam; El Rassi, Edward; Silbert, Jonathan; Lesser, Robert; Levin, Flora.

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Shield DR; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

JAMA Ophthalmol ; 131(9): 1225-7, 2013 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23868053

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Blindness/microbiology; Eye Infections, Bacterial/microbiology; Eyelid Diseases/microbiology; Fasciitis, Necrotizing/microbiology; Orbital Diseases/microbiology; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Blindness/diagnosis; Blindness/therapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Debridement; Eye Infections, Bacterial/diagnosis; Eye Infections, Bacterial/therapy; Eyelid Diseases/diagnosis; Eyelid Diseases/therapy; Fasciitis, Necrotizing/diagnosis; Fasciitis, Necrotizing/therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Middle Aged; Orbital Diseases/diagnosis; Orbital Diseases/therapy; Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections/therapy; Streptococcal Infections/diagnosis; Streptococcal Infections/microbiology; Streptococcal Infections/therapy

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Orbital Diseases / Eye Infections, Bacterial / Blindness / Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Eyelid Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: JAMA Ophthalmol Year: 2013 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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