Exogenous Endophthalmitis Due to Illicit Drug Injection in an I.V. Drug User
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Exogenous Endophthalmitis Due to Illicit Drug Injection in an I.V. Drug User
Background: Drug abuse could cause complications; infection and overdose are the most prevalent of them. Unreliable history of addicted patients also makes the diagnosis difficult and leads to delayed treatment and poor prognosis. Early recognition and prompt treatment are required to minimize the destructive damage. To our knowledge, there is not any previous report of bilateral eye injection ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2165-7408,2165-7416
DOI: 10.4236/ojoph.2015.54024