Intravitreal Voriconazole for Treatment of Bilateral Endogenous Candida Chorioretinitis
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Treatment of candida chorioretinitis with voriconazole.
A 63-year-old female with candidemia following necrotizing pancreatitis developed clinical signs of chorioretinitis and underwent the systemic administration of voriconazole, after which anterior chamber inflammation and multiple, white, fluffy, chorioretinal lesions, under 1mm in diameter, were gradually resolved and visual acuity improved. We report the first Korean case of candida chorioreti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1663-2699
DOI: 10.1159/000508912