endophthalmitis/カリウム

We report a rare case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis. A 74-year-old woman with endocarditis developed endogenous endophthalmitis. The patient underwent emergency mitral valvuloplasty, and intravitreal and subconjunctival injections of vancomycin and meropenem.

Delayed diagnosis can lead to the development of endophthalmitis and blindness, which is difficult to manage because of the lack of an effective antimicrobial agent. Comparing the nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with the standard diagnostic culture method for Pythium

Objective: To discuss clinical features and treatments of fungal keratitis, and to provide statistical data for clinical therapy and increase the therapeutic effects. Methods: This is a retrospective case series study. An analysis was performed by collecting patients' demography

Ocular infections are common and vary from self-limiting to sight-threatening. All the structures of the eye can be infected by various microbes.The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of bacterial and fungal infections of the eye and also to assess the antibiotic susceptibility

Gitelman syndrome is a rare hereditary disorder of the thiazide-sensitive NaCl transporter in the distal renal tubular cells, but mimicking of such hereditary tubular disorders has been described in different autoimmune diseases (Sjögren syndrome, SLE, ...). A 62-year-old woman with painful red eyes

The toxin-producing bacterium Bacillus cereus is an important and neglected human pathogen and a common cause of food poisoning. Several toxins have been implicated in disease, including the pore-forming toxins hemolysin BL (HBL) and nonhemolytic enterotoxin (NHE). Recent work revealed that HBL