Clinically unsuspected bilateral Aspergillus endophthalmitis

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 182-184

  Myles, W Michael ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a,b   Deschênes, Jean ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; endophthalmitis; uveitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0030949921     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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