Onset of an outbreak of Bipolaris hawaiiensis fungal endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections of triamcinolone

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 952-958

  Small, Kent W ^a   Chan, Candy K ^a   Silva Garcia, Rosemary ^a   Walsh, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a Molecular Insight Research Foundation   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; DEXAMETHASONE; TRIAMCINOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIPOLARIS; BIPOLARIS HAWAIIENSIS ENDOPHTHALMITIS; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DNA SEQUENCE; DRECHSLERA HAWAIIENSIS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASCOMYCOTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84898600828     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.10.040     Document Type: Article

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