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Uveitis, Suppurative

Medical 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.
Guide Notes:	coord IM with specific bacterial or fungal infect (IM)
Previously Indexed:	Uveitis (1966-1989)

Uveitis, Suppurative Categories.

	Endophthalmitis - Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye; not all layers of the uvea are affected. Fungi, necrosis of intraocular tumors, and retained intraocular foreign bodies often cause a purulent endophthalmitis.
	Panophthalmitis - Acute suppurative inflammation of the inner eye with necrosis of the sclera (and sometimes the cornea) and extension of the inflammation into the orbit. Pain may be severe and the globe may rupture. In endophthalmitis the globe does not rupture.

Uveitis, Suppurative Medical Definitions and Terms

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