Successful Treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus Keratitis and Endophthalmitis with Penetrating Keratoplasty, Pars Plana Vitrectomy, Intravitreal and Oral Voriconazole
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Management of endophthalmitis with pars plana vitrectomy.
Pars plana vitrectomy with intravitreal antibiotics is an effective technique in the treatment of culture-proved endophthalmitis. Best results are obtained when the therapy is instituted early in the course of infection, preferably during the first 36 hours of the onset of symptoms, and when the infective organism is of low virulence. In our 20 cases of culture-proved endophthalmitis 17 eyes (8...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2155-9570
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000253