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Candida Retinochoroiditis

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Candida is an important cause of fungal endophthalmitis that can lead to serious blinding complications. Although uncommon in developed countries, it represents an important clinical problem in the developing world due to its potential for significant visual loss despite aggressive therapy. Immunocompromised patients are at a particular risk of developing the disease. Often, long-term therapy with systemic antifungal agents and debulking surgeries such as pars plana vitrectomy may be required in order to salvage vision. The following chapter will discuss the protean clinical course and management of four cases of Candida endophthalmitis.

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  1. Kentucky Lions Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    Mohammad Ali Sadiq

  2. Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Aniruddha Agarwal, Vishali Gupta, Mangat Ram Dogra & Amod Gupta

  3. Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

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Correspondence to Mohammad Ali Sadiq , Aniruddha Agarwal , Vishali Gupta , Mangat Ram Dogra , Amod Gupta or Quan Dong Nguyen .

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  1. Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital Sorbonne University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Aniruddha Agarwal

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Sadiq, M.A., Agarwal, A., Gupta, V., Dogra, M.R., Gupta, A., Nguyen, Q.D. (2020). Candida Retinochoroiditis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Agarwal, A. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2410-5_35

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