Retinal vasculitis as an early sign of bacterial post-operative endophthalmitis
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Hemorrhagic Vasculitis and Retinopathy Heralding as an Early Sign of Bacterial Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injection.
PURPOSE To describe a case series of postintravitreal injection, bacterial endophthalmitis heralded by hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis. METHODS Observational case series of three patients with a history of intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration at a tertiary referral center who presented with vision changes and eye pain that were eventually found to have bacterial endopht...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2010.18