Diseases

Bacterial Eye Infections

Infections in the inner or external eye caused by microorganisms belonging to several families of bacteria. Some of the more common genera found are Haemophilus, Neisseria, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Chlamydia.

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Abstract

Infections in the inner or external eye caused by microorganisms belonging to several families of bacteria. Some of the more common genera found are Haemophilus, Neisseria, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Chlamydia.

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10 entry terms
  • Bacterial Ocular Infections
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial
  • Infections, Bacterial Eye
  • Infections, Bacterial Ocular
  • Ocular Infections, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Eye Infection
  • Bacterial Ocular Infection
  • Eye Infection, Bacterial
  • Infection, Bacterial Eye
  • Ocular Infection, Bacterial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific bacterial disease

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Eye Diseases (1966-1989)
  • specific bacterial infection (1966-1989)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bacterial Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015818. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015818
  2. Bacterial Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54912158