Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis: Five cases over 15 years

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Moloney, Thomas P ^a   Park, Joseph ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Candida; Candida dubliniensis; Endophthalmitis; Fungal endophthalmitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS ENDOPHTHALMITIS; CANDIDA ENDOPHTHALMITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EYE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891399282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18695760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-66     Document Type: Article

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