Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: An ophthalmologic emergency

Here, we present a 76-year-old diabetic man who was diagnosed as having endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae that finally developed globe rupture, which is a rare endogenous endophthalmitis complication. This case highlight that endogenous endophthalmitis is an ophthalmologi...

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Autores principales: Nakai, Takehiro, Kimura, Masahiro, Yoshiyama, Keizo, Matono, Takashi
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Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6365811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00499
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author Nakai, Takehiro
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description Here, we present a 76-year-old diabetic man who was diagnosed as having endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae that finally developed globe rupture, which is a rare endogenous endophthalmitis complication. This case highlight that endogenous endophthalmitis is an ophthalmological emergency with poor prognosis, thereby requiring prompt diagnosis and aggressive intervention.
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spelling pubmed-63658112019-02-15 Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: An ophthalmologic emergency Nakai, Takehiro Kimura, Masahiro Yoshiyama, Keizo Matono, Takashi IDCases Article Here, we present a 76-year-old diabetic man who was diagnosed as having endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae that finally developed globe rupture, which is a rare endogenous endophthalmitis complication. This case highlight that endogenous endophthalmitis is an ophthalmological emergency with poor prognosis, thereby requiring prompt diagnosis and aggressive intervention. Elsevier 2019-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6365811/ /pubmed/30775242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00499 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: An ophthalmologic emergency
title_fullStr Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: An ophthalmologic emergency
title_full_unstemmed Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: An ophthalmologic emergency
title_short Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae: An ophthalmologic emergency
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6365811/
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