Diseases

Eye Infections

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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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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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 with specific infection

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Eye Diseases (1966-1989)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.375
  2. C11w.294

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NLM Classification

WW 160

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015817. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015817
  2. Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21925570