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Abstract
Infection, moderate to severe, caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses, which occurs either on the external surface of the eye or intraocularly with probable inflammation, visual impairment, or blindness.
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Ocular Infections
- Eye Infection
- Infection, Eye
- Infection, Ocular
- Infections, Eye
- Infections, Ocular
- Ocular Infection
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36 allowable subheadings
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 infection
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History Note
90
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Previous Indexing
- Eye Diseases (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015817. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015817
- Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21925570