Group B streptococcal metastatic endophthalmitis in an elderly man without predisposing illness

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-307

  Matsuo, Kenji ^a   Nakatuka, Kazuo ^a   Yano, Yoshio ^b   Fujishima, Wakako ^b   Kashima, Kenji ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nankai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Metastatic endophthalmitis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFDINIR; CEFOTIAM; OFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METASTASIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032122313     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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