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Candida albicans scleral abscess in a HIV-positive patient and its successful resolution with antifungal therapy—a first case report

BACKGROUND: Fungal infection of the sclera is very rare. No case of fungal scleral abscess in a HIV-positive patient has been reported. We report a case of scleral abscess caused by Candida albicans and its successful resolution following antifungal therapy in a HIV-positive patient. FINDINGS: A 57-...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Hitesh, Sudharshan, Sridharan, Therese, Lily, Agarwal, Mamta, Biswas, Jyotirmay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27207501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-016-0083-2