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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 also pointed out by a review of the literature.

Candidiasis; Endophthalmitis; Eye infections, fungal; Infant, premature; Candida albicans; Fluconazole


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