DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF COMMON EXTERNAL VIRAL EYE INFECTIONS

Authors
BRODY JM PAVANLANGSTON D
Citation
Jm. Brody et D. Pavanlangston, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF COMMON EXTERNAL VIRAL EYE INFECTIONS, Complications in surgery, 14(3), 1995, pp. 269-274
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Surgery
Journal title
Complications in surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
1053749X
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
269 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-749X(1995)14:3<269:DATOCE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Viruses are the second most common cause of ocular infections. Necrosi s and proliferation are salient features of viral pathology. Herpes si mplex virus is one of the most common infectious causes of blindness i n the U.S. The eye is involved in more than 50% of AIDS cases.