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