Fusarium infection complicating rheumatic keratitis that acutely progressed to endophthalmitis during regular infusion of tocilizumab: a case report

BACKGROUND: Filamentous fungi are ubiquitous in plants, water, and soil. The predominant fungi that infect the human cornea include Fusarium and Aspergillus species. The onset of fungal endophthalmitis is indolent, and typically takes weeks to months to develop after corneal infection. We report a c...

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Autores principales: Mitsuoka, Yusuke, Soma, Takeshi, Maruyama, Kazuichi, Nishida, Kohji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34011297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01981-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34011297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-01981-9

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