Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis: five cases over 15 years
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Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis: five cases over 15 years
BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that the recently identified organism Candida dubliniensis is less pathogenic than the more common Candida albicans. Due to its rare nature, C. dubliniensis has been previously reported as the causative organism in endophthalmitis in only three cases. We undertook a multicenter, retrospective, consecutive case series to describe the clinical features and out...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1869-5760
DOI: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-66