Actinomycosis
Actinomycosis 23
General: Gram-positive Actinomyces israelii.
Ocular: Hypopyon; conjunctivitis; keratitis; corneal ulcer; proptosis; uveitis; dacryocystitis; yellow nodules on conjunctiva and eyelids; occlusion of nasolacrimal canaliculi; canaliculitis; orbital abscess; endophthalmitis (rare).
Clinical: Chronic inflammatory induration and sinus formation.
Braunwald E, et al., eds. Harrison’s principles of internal medicine, 11th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Fraunfelder FT, Roy FH. Current ocular therapy, 5th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2000.
Hussain I, et al. Canalicular infection caused by Actinomyces. Eye 1993; 7[Pt 4]:542-544.
Korting GW: The skin and eye: a dermatologic correlation of diseases of the periorbital region. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1973:52-54.
Roussel TJ, et al. Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis associated with Actinomyces species. Arch Ophthalmol 1991; 109:60-62.
Sullivan TJ, et al. Actinomycosis of the orbit. Br J Ophthalmol 1992; 76:505-506.
General: Gram-positive Actinomyces israelii.
Ocular: Hypopyon; conjunctivitis; keratitis; corneal ulcer; proptosis; uveitis; dacryocystitis; yellow nodules on conjunctiva and eyelids; occlusion of nasolacrimal canaliculi; canaliculitis; orbital abscess; endophthalmitis (rare).
Clinical: Chronic inflammatory induration and sinus formation.
Braunwald E, et al., eds. Harrison’s principles of internal medicine, 11th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Fraunfelder FT, Roy FH. Current ocular therapy, 5th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2000.
Hussain I, et al. Canalicular infection caused by Actinomyces. Eye 1993; 7[Pt 4]:542-544.
Korting GW: The skin and eye: a dermatologic correlation of diseases of the periorbital region. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1973:52-54.
Roussel TJ, et al. Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis associated with Actinomyces species. Arch Ophthalmol 1991; 109:60-62.
Sullivan TJ, et al. Actinomycosis of the orbit. Br J Ophthalmol 1992; 76:505-506.
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