Treatment of two postoperative endophthalmitis cases due to Aspergillus flavus and Scopulariopsis spp. with local and systemic antifungal therapy

BACKGROUND: Endophthalmitis is the inflammatory response to invasion of the eye with bacteria or fungi. The incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery varies between 0.072–0.13 percent. Treatment of endophthalmitis with fungal etiology is difficult. CASE PRESENTATION: Case 1: A 71-year old...

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Autores principales: Aydin, Sayime, Ertugrul, Bulent, Gultekin, Berna, Uyar, Guliz, Kir, Erkin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17672897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-87

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17672897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-87

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