An outbreak of fungal endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of compounded combined bevacizumab and triamcinolone

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 864-869

  Sheyman, Alan T ^a   Cohen, Ben Z ^a   Friedman, Alan H ^a   Ackert, Jessica M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BESIFLOXACIN; BEVACIZUMAB; CEFTAZIDIME; MOXIFLOXACIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINOPATHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREORETINAL SURGERY;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ASCOMYCOTA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEW YORK; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84880314430     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.88     Document Type: Article

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