Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Zhaohui Yuan

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• Case Report
  The Disease Course of Bilateral Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis
  Author(s): Zhaohui Yuan, Xiaoyun Liang and Jing Zhong Zhaohui Yuan, Xiaoyun Liang and Jing Zhong
  
  Purpose: To report the dynamic disease course of a case of bilateral endogenous fungal endophthalmitis, which was successfully treated. Case Report: A 54 year old Chinese man with a history of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and ureteroscopy was referred to our center. After 1 week, his best corrected Snellen visual acuity (BCVA) values were 20/100 and 20/25; the interface between the posterior vitreous face and the retinal surface appeared to be rough in the right eye, and a similar, larger, low-rounded circumscribed apophysis could be observed in the left eye. During the 2nd week, his BCVA values decreased to 20/400 and 20/32. He was diagnosed with bilateral endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis after a vitreous biopsy and then underwent binocular pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil injection in both eyes. Postoperatively, his BCVA values were 20/63 and .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000639

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