Periocular abscess caused Pseudallescheri by boydii after a posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-166

  Oh, In Kyung ^a   Baek, Sehyun ^a   Huh, Kuhl ^a   Oh, Jaeryung ^a  

^a College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Periocular abscess; Posterior subtenon injection; Pseudallescheria boydii; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EXUDATE; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LASER COAGULATION; LONG TERM CARE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SCLERA; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ABSCESS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; ITRACONAZOLE; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MADUROMYCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 34248675771     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0325-3     Document Type: Article

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