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Suppurative uveitis

MedGen UID:
22598
•Concept ID:
C0042168
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Suppurative Uveitides; Suppurative Uveitis; Uveitides, Suppurative; Uveitis, Suppurative
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006990

Definition

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. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSuppurative uveitis

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PubMed

Colistin sulfate ophthalmic in the treatment of ocular infections.
Lund MH
Arch Ophthalmol 1969 Jan;81(1):4-10. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1969.00990010006002. PMID: 5763220

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Post-Streptococcal Uveitis: a Rare Entity.
Rossi DC, Sadeghi Y, Di Lucca J, Maitre S, Hofer M, Guex-Crosier Y
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017 Apr;234(4):561-563. Epub 2017 Feb 1 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-119688. PMID: 28147402
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in urine of patients with ocular Lyme borreliosis.
Pleyer U, Priem S, Bergmann L, Burmester G, Hartmann C, Krause A
Br J Ophthalmol 2001 May;85(5):552-5. doi: 10.1136/bjo.85.5.552. PMID: 11316715Free PMC Article
Acute uveitis associated with rifabutin use in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Jacobs DS, Piliero PJ, Kuperwaser MG, Smith JA, Harris SD, Flanigan TP, Goldberg JH, Ives DV
Am J Ophthalmol 1994 Dec 15;118(6):716-22. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72550-4. PMID: 7977598

Diagnosis

Hypopyon: Is-it Infective or Noninfective?
Ksiaa I, Abroug N, Mahmoud A, Ben Amor H, Attia S, Khochtali S, Khairallah M
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2021 May 19;29(4):817-829. Epub 2021 Jul 13 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2021.1922708. PMID: 34255602
Post-Streptococcal Uveitis: a Rare Entity.
Rossi DC, Sadeghi Y, Di Lucca J, Maitre S, Hofer M, Guex-Crosier Y
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017 Apr;234(4):561-563. Epub 2017 Feb 1 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-119688. PMID: 28147402
Leukokoria: All That's White Is Not Retinoblastoma.
Kembhavi SA, Sable N, Vora T, Arora B
J Clin Oncol 2011 Jul 1;29(19):e586-7. Epub 2011 Apr 18 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.8334. PMID: 21502547
Iris nodules associated with infectious uveitis.
Myers TD, Smith JR, Lauer AK, Rosenbaum JT
Br J Ophthalmol 2002 Sep;86(9):969-74. doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.969. PMID: 12185117Free PMC Article
Hypopyon uveitis.
Ramsay A, Lightman S
Surv Ophthalmol 2001 Jul-Aug;46(1):1-18. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(01)00231-4. PMID: 11525785

Therapy

Post-Streptococcal Uveitis: a Rare Entity.
Rossi DC, Sadeghi Y, Di Lucca J, Maitre S, Hofer M, Guex-Crosier Y
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017 Apr;234(4):561-563. Epub 2017 Feb 1 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-119688. PMID: 28147402
Hypopyon uveitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
Zink JM, Singh-Parikshak R, Johnson CS, Zacks DN
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2005 Apr;243(4):386-8. Epub 2004 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00417-004-1022-8. PMID: 15864630
Acute uveitis associated with rifabutin use in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Jacobs DS, Piliero PJ, Kuperwaser MG, Smith JA, Harris SD, Flanigan TP, Goldberg JH, Ives DV
Am J Ophthalmol 1994 Dec 15;118(6):716-22. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72550-4. PMID: 7977598

Prognosis

Acute uveitis associated with rifabutin use in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Jacobs DS, Piliero PJ, Kuperwaser MG, Smith JA, Harris SD, Flanigan TP, Goldberg JH, Ives DV
Am J Ophthalmol 1994 Dec 15;118(6):716-22. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72550-4. PMID: 7977598

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