Postmortem findings two weeks after oral treatment for metastatic Candida endophthalmitis with fluconazole

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Ohnishi, Yoshitaka ^a   Tawara, Akihiko ^a   Murata, Toshinori ^b   Sakamoto, Taiji ^b   Arakawa, Tetsuo ^b   Ishibashi, Tatsuro ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida endophthalmitis; Electron microscopy; Eye, human; Fluconazole; Pathology; Vitreous puff ball

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPYON; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CADAVER; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032888476     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027451     Document Type: Article

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