Chronic Postoperative Endophthalmitis Caused by Actinomyces meyeri
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Chronic Postoperative Endophthalmitis Caused by Actinomyces meyeri
We report a female patient who developed chronic endophthalmitis after an uneventful cataract surgery. Cultures of aqueous humor and a vitreous sample showed positivity for Actinomyces meyeri. Intense anterior segment inflammation and a less evident impairment of the patient's posterior segment led us to treat her vigorously with pars plana vitrectomy combined with intraocular and topical antib...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1663-2699
DOI: 10.1159/000326062