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Endogenous Nocardial Endophthalmitis Misdiagnosed as Giant Cell Arteritis
PURPOSE: Endogenous endophthalmitis is uncommon but potentially dangerous. We present a fatal presentation of endogenous Nocardial endophthalmitis in the context of steroid use for treatment of giant cell arteritis. CASE PRESENTATION: An 84-year-old Caucasian female presented to the local emergency...
Autores principales: | Gagnon, Steven, Saab, Marc |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7667583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204178 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S277365 |
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