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Aspergillus Retinochoroiditis

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Aspergillosis is the second most common mycotic ocular infection seen in patients with organ transplantation with granulocytopenia, intravenous drug infusions, and cardiac surgery. It causes retinitis and endophthalmitis. It has a poor prognosis. Treatment includes vitrectomy, intravitreal injection, and systemic azoles. Three interesting cases of Aspergillus ocular infections are presented in this chapter.

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  1. Prabha Eye Clinic & Research Centre, Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore, India

    Kalpana Babu & Aditi Parikh

  2. Advance Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Babu, K., Parikh, A., Gupta, V. (2016). Aspergillus Retinochoroiditis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_36-1

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