Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report

Endogenous endophthalmitis is a serious sight-threatening ocular emergency that usually occurs in patients with serious underlying risk factors. In this report, we describe a case of endogenous Candida endophthalmitis following trans-urethral lithotripsy in an immunocompetent woman. In our case, the...

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Autores principales: Shirvani, Mohammad, Hosseini, Shahla, Maalhagh, Mehrnoosh, Mohaghegh, Sahar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31650813
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.02328
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author Shirvani, Mohammad
Hosseini, Shahla
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Mohaghegh, Sahar
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description Endogenous endophthalmitis is a serious sight-threatening ocular emergency that usually occurs in patients with serious underlying risk factors. In this report, we describe a case of endogenous Candida endophthalmitis following trans-urethral lithotripsy in an immunocompetent woman. In our case, the retinal lesion regressed completely and vision was restored. We discuss diagnostic procedures and management strategies in this article.
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spelling pubmed-68235852019-11-07 Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report Shirvani, Mohammad Hosseini, Shahla Maalhagh, Mehrnoosh Mohaghegh, Sahar Turk J Ophthalmol Case Report Endogenous endophthalmitis is a serious sight-threatening ocular emergency that usually occurs in patients with serious underlying risk factors. In this report, we describe a case of endogenous Candida endophthalmitis following trans-urethral lithotripsy in an immunocompetent woman. In our case, the retinal lesion regressed completely and vision was restored. We discuss diagnostic procedures and management strategies in this article. Galenos Publishing 2019-10 2019-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6823585/ /pubmed/31650813 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.02328 Text en © Copyright 2019 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association | Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Shirvani, Mohammad
Hosseini, Shahla
Maalhagh, Mehrnoosh
Mohaghegh, Sahar
Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report
title Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report
title_full Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report
title_fullStr Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report
title_short Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis as a Rare Complication of Trans-Urethral Lithotripsy in a Healthy Woman: A Case Report
title_sort endogenous candida endophthalmitis as a rare complication of trans-urethral lithotripsy in a healthy woman: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31650813
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.02328
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