Spontaneously resolved exudative retinal detachment caused by orbital cellulitis in an immunocompromised adult

Eye (Lond). 2014 Jan;28(1):109-10. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.243. Epub 2013 Nov 15.

Authors

E Farah¹, G Kalantzis¹, I Papaefthimiou¹, C Koutsandrea¹, I Georgalas¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, 'G.Gennimatas' Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Exophthalmos / diagnosis
Exudates and Transudates
Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis
Eye Infections, Bacterial / drug therapy
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications
Macular Degeneration / complications
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Nasal Mucosa / microbiology
Orbital Cellulitis / complications*
Orbital Cellulitis / drug therapy
Orbital Cellulitis / microbiology
Remission, Spontaneous
Retinal Detachment / etiology
Retinal Detachment / physiopathology*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents