Unilateral Blastomyces dermatitidis endophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis: A case report and literature review

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1466-1470

  Li, Suhui ^a   Perlman, Jay I ^a,b   Edward, Deepak P ^a   Weiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031769926     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)98030-7     Document Type: Article

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