Streptococcus anginosus- Associated Endogenous Endophthalmitis Mimicking Fungal Endophthalmitis
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Streptococcus anginosus-associated endogenous endophthalmitis mimicking fungal endophthalmitis.
Endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis (EE) is recognized as a major cause of visual loss with an associated mortality rate and is a diagnostic challenge in the early stages of the disease, with 16% to 63% of cases being initially misdiagnosed (T. L. Jackson, S. J. Eykyn, E. M. Graham, and M. R. Stanford, Surv. Ophthalmol. 48:403–423, 2003, and M. J. Greenwald, L. G. Wohl, and C. H. Sell, Surv. O...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.8.4275-4276.2005