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Candida Retinochoroiditis

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Candida is an important cause of fungal endophthalmitis that can lead to serious blinding complications. Although uncommon in developed countries, it represents an important clinical problem in the developing world due to its potential for significant visual loss despite aggressive therapy. Immunocompromised patients are at a particular risk of developing the disease. Often, long-term therapy with systemic antifungal agents and debulking surgeries such as pars plana vitrectomy may be required in order to salvage vision. The following chapter will discuss the protean clinical course and management of four cases of Candida endophthalmitis.

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  1. Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985540 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5540, USA

    Aniruddha Agarwal

  2. Advanced Eye Center, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Near Punjab University, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta, Mangat Ram Dogra & Amod Gupta

  3. Ocular Imaging Research and Reading Center, Omaha, NE, 68131, USA

    Mohammad Ali Sadiq & Quan Dong Nguyen

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Correspondence to Mohammad Ali Sadiq , Aniruddha Agarwal , Vishali Gupta , Mangat Ram Dogra , Amod Gupta or Quan Dong Nguyen .

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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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Sadiq, M.A., Agarwal, A., Gupta, V., Dogra, M.R., Gupta, A., Nguyen, Q.D. (2016). Candida 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_35-1

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