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Intravenous Drug Use-Associated Scopulariopsis Endophthalmitis Treated with Systemic and Intravitreal Voriconazole
PURPOSE: To report a case of intravenous (i.v.) heroin use-associated endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Scopulariopsis fungal species, and its response to intravitreal and oral voriconazole treatments. PATIENT: A 21-year-old-female with chronic hepatitis C and i.v. heroin use presented with subac...
Autores principales: | Raevis, Joseph J., Shaik, Neha, Tseng, Joseph |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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S. Karger AG
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000485552 |
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