Bilateral Candida parapsilosis endophthalmitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 670-672

  Wong, Vernon K W ^a,c   Tasman, William ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^a   Rodriguez, Alvaro ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fundacion Ojtalmologica Nacional   (Colombia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0031000342     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150672022     Document Type: Article

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