Listeria monocytogenes endophthalmitis – case report and review of risk factors and treatment outcomes

BACKGROUND: The majority of cases of endophthalmitis are caused by exogenous pathogens; only 5–10 % are of endogenous origin. One cause of these rare cases of endogenous endophthalmitis is Listeria monocytogenes. Twenty-six cases of endophthalmitis due to this pathogen have been published over the l...

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Autores principales: Bajor, Anna, Luhr, Anke, Brockmann, Dorothee, Suerbaum, Sebastian, Framme, Carsten, Sedlacek, Ludwig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27424034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1680-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27424034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1680-2

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