Diseases

Suppurative Uveitis

Intraocular infection caused mainly by pus-producing bacteria and rarely by fungi. The infection may be caused by an injury or surgical wound (exogenous) or by endogenous septic emboli in such diseases as bacterial endocarditis or meningococcemia.

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Abstract

Intraocular infection caused mainly by pus-producing bacteria and rarely by fungi. The infection may be caused by an injury or surgical wound (exogenous) or by endogenous septic emboli in such diseases as bacterial endocarditis or meningococcemia.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Uveitis, Suppurative
  • Suppurative Uveitides
  • Uveitides, Suppurative

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Aspects Covered

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 IM with specific bacterial or fungal infect (IM)

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Uveitis (1966-1989)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Suppurative Uveitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015829. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015829
  2. Suppurative Uveitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554449