Endogenous Klebsiella endophthalmitis associated with liver abscess: First case report from Iran

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Dehghani, A R ^a   Masjedi, A ^a   Fazel, F ^a   Ghanbari, H ^a   Akhlaghi, M ^a   Karbasi, N ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA EDEMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA ENDOPHTHALMITIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 79957588805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323449     Document Type: Article

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