Endogenous Aspergillus endophthalmitis in a healthy individual
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1970
ISSN: 2091-0320,2072-6805
DOI: 10.3126/nepjoph.v4i1.5873