Bilateral endogenous fungal endophthalmitis

Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare and severe intraocular infection which can be vision-threatening. We describe a case of bilateral fungal endogenous endophthalmitis in a 64-year-old male which was successfully treated with systemic administration of fluconazole followed by pars plana vitrectomy...

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Autores principales: Michal, Wilczynski, Olena, Wilczynska, Wojciech, Omulecki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23640266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10792-013-9783-x
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author Michal, Wilczynski
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description Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare and severe intraocular infection which can be vision-threatening. We describe a case of bilateral fungal endogenous endophthalmitis in a 64-year-old male which was successfully treated with systemic administration of fluconazole followed by pars plana vitrectomy with an intravitreous injection of amphotericin B.
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spelling pubmed-39625782014-03-24 Bilateral endogenous fungal endophthalmitis Michal, Wilczynski Olena, Wilczynska Wojciech, Omulecki Int Ophthalmol Case Report Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare and severe intraocular infection which can be vision-threatening. We describe a case of bilateral fungal endogenous endophthalmitis in a 64-year-old male which was successfully treated with systemic administration of fluconazole followed by pars plana vitrectomy with an intravitreous injection of amphotericin B. Springer Netherlands 2013-05-03 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3962578/ /pubmed/23640266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10792-013-9783-x Text en © The Author(s) 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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title_short Bilateral endogenous fungal endophthalmitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962578/
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