Intravenous fluconazole use in the treatment of fungic endogenous endophthalmitis: case report

The authors describe a case of endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis in one extremely low birth-weight newborn refractory to endovenous amphotericin B treatment that presented resolution with the use of endovenous fluconazole. Clinical aspects of endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis are...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia 2005-07, Vol.68 (4), p.543-546
Hauptverfasser:	Dotto, Patrícia de Freitas, Rodrigues, Luciana Duarte, Fernandes, Maria de Lourdes Brandão, Figueira, Bettina Barbosa Duque, Takahashi, Walter Yukihiko, Carani, José Carlos Eudes, Serracarbassa, Pedro Durães
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	por
Schlagworte:	Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Candidiasis - complications Candidiasis - drug therapy Endophthalmitis - diagnostic imaging Endophthalmitis - drug therapy Endophthalmitis - microbiology Fluconazole - therapeutic use Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Injections, Intravenous Male Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors describe a case of endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis in one extremely low birth-weight newborn refractory to endovenous amphotericin B treatment that presented resolution with the use of endovenous fluconazole. Clinical aspects of endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis are also pointed out by a review of the literature.
ISSN:	0004-2749