Bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis associated with meningitis in a healthy woman

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Identifier 20120214_nanos_posters_123
Title Bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis associated with meningitis in a healthy woman
Creator Minsoo Lee; Moohwan Chang
Affiliation (ML) (MC) Department of Ophthalmology, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
Subject Endophthalmitis; Meningitis; Endogenous Endophthalmitis
Description Endogenous endophthalmitis is caused by the migration of the pathogen to the eye where it crosses the blood-ocular barrier and rare in immunocompetent patients. Here we describe a case of bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to bacterial meningitis with early detection and good visual recovery in a healthy patient.
Date 2012-02-14
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2012 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2012: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2012. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181886
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62v5nmk