Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome

Endophthalmitis is a bacterial or fungal infection inside the eye, involving the vitreous and/or aqueous humors. High index of suspicion is required for this condition in immunocompromised patients with ocular complaints as it can worsen rapidly and lead to permanent loss of vision.

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Autores principales: Koratala, Abhilash, Malpartida, Freddy R., Ruchi, Rupam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1610
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spelling pubmed-60283732018-07-09 Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome Koratala, Abhilash Malpartida, Freddy R. Ruchi, Rupam Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Endophthalmitis is a bacterial or fungal infection inside the eye, involving the vitreous and/or aqueous humors. High index of suspicion is required for this condition in immunocompromised patients with ocular complaints as it can worsen rapidly and lead to permanent loss of vision. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6028373/ /pubmed/29988598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1610 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_full Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_fullStr Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_short Fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
title_sort fulminant eye infection in a patient with nephrotic syndrome
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1610
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