Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
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Dimitar Hadži Nikolov

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• Case Report
  Diagnostics and Treatment of Polymicrobial Keratitis and Endophthalmitis-Case Report
  Author(s): Nada Jiraskova, Vladimir Buchta, Dimitar Hadzi Nikolov, Marcela Vejsova, Pavel Rozsival and Jan Lestak Nada Jiraskova, Vladimir Buchta, Dimitar Hadzi Nikolov, Marcela Vejsova, Pavel Rozsival and Jan Lestak
  
  Purpose: To describe a case of polymicrobial keratitis and endophthalmitis successfully treated with topical and systemic antibacterial and antifungal agents, collagen cross-linking (CXL) and penetrating keratoplasty. Methods: Case report Results: A 59-year-old woman presented with a corneal ulcer. Multiple samplings of the corneal lesion were used for microbiological investigations by standard protocol that repeatedly revealed coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. (CoNS); mycotic tests were negative. She was treated with topical and systemic antibiotics and an emergency therapeutic keratoplasty was performed. Four months later, she was readmitted for ulcerative keratitis and endophthalmitis. Laboratory work up on corneal corneal scraping and aqueous humor cultures showed a Fusarium species, CoNS and Bacillus species. Sh.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9899.1000162

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