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Infections > Eye Infections > Endophthalmitis
Eye Diseases > Eye Infections > Endophthalmitis

Preferred term

Endophthalmitis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ophthalmia
  • Ophthalmias

Note

  • restrict to endophthalmitis as a specific disease entity, not as a coordinate for inflammation of specific internal parts of the eye: these are available as -ITIS terms; ophthalmitis goes here; PANOPHTHALMITIS is also available: inflammation of all structures of the eye; EGYPTIAN OPHTHALMIA see TRACHOMA is also available

Scope note

  • Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye frequently associated with an infection.

History note

  • 90; was OPHTHALMIA 1966-89

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009877

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