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A case of Candida endophthalmitis was clinically diagnosed three weeks after perforating injury. It was successfully treated with vitrectomy and intravitreal injection of 5 mcg of amphotericin B. A Candida species was cultured from the vitreous aspirations.
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Drei Wochen nach einer perforierenden Verletzung wurde eine Endophthalmitis durch Candida albicans diagnostiziert. Sie wurde erfolgreich durch Vitrektomie und mit intravitrealen Injectionen von 5 mcg Amphotericin B behandelt. Candida konnte aus dem Material, das aus dem Glaskörper ausgeschieden worden war, isoliert werden.
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This investigation was supported in part by grant 1107-02 from the Public Health Service and by the Illinois Lions Club.
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Peyman, G.A., Vastine, D.W. & Diamond, J.G. Vitrectomy in exogenous Candida endophthalmitis. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 197, 55–59 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00506641
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