Severe corneal ulcer with progression to endophthalmitis and high-grade bacteremia

PURPOSE: Bacterial sepsis is a common consequence of many infectious processes. Here, we describe a case of a woman with a corneal ulcer who went on to develop group B streptococcal (GBS) endophthalmitis, bacteremia, and eventual loss of the eye. OBSERVATIONS: A previously healthy, immunocompetent,...

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Autores principales: Stryjewski, Tomasz P., Chodosh, James, Kim, Ivana K., Barshak, Miriam Baron, Miller, John B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.02.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.02.001

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