An Outbreak of Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis Among Intravenous Drug Abusers in New England
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Intravenous (IV) heroin abuse in persons aged 12 has nearly doubled between the 2002 and 2012. Intravenous drug users (IVDU) are a high-risk group for developing endogenous fungal endophthalmitis (EFE), with Candida albicans being the most commonly identified causative organism. Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis is a potentially blinding disease in which the causative organism reaches the eye t...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2168-6165
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.0650