Aggressive surgical procedures on endogenous Aspergillus endophthalmitis after heart transplantation
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Endogenous Aspergillus endophthalmitis in a healthy individual.
BACKGROUND Fungal endogenous endophthalmitis in a healthy individual without any predisposing factors is very uncommon. It can occur in intravenous drug abusers, where Aspergillus is more frequently isolated as the causative organism. CASE We treated an unusual case of culture-proven endogenous Aspergillus endophthalmitis who was immunocompetent and was not an intravenous drug user. The affec...
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to amikacin, while 100% of isolates were sensitive to clarithromycin. Clinical resolution of infection may not occur despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. Intravitreal clarithromycin has been reported to be nontoxic to rabbit eyes up to a dose of 1.0 mg; to our knowledge, the use of intravitreal clarithromycin in humans has not been reported. In summary, M chelonae is an uncommon cause of end...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1015-9584
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2021.03.046