Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use

The use of contact lenses is the most common cause of bacterial keratitis. Pseudomonas aurogenoza is the most common factor. We aimed to present diagnosis, treatment and follow up a 21 yeas old female patient with endophtalmitis secondary to multi-drug resistance, a stubborn Pseudomonas aeruginosa...

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Main Authors: Tongabay Cumurcu, Abuzer Gunduz, Mufide Cavdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2013-12-01
Series:Medicine Science
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Online Access:http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=36947
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spelling doaj-558f36a83fca40b6b965b00c9f66c56e2020-11-25T00:16:51ZengSociety of TURAZ AKADEMI Medicine Science2147-06342013-12-01249212710.5455/medscience.2013.02.809036947Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens UseTongabay Cumurcu0Abuzer Gunduz1Mufide Cavdar2Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of OphthalmologyThe use of contact lenses is the most common cause of bacterial keratitis. Pseudomonas aurogenoza is the most common factor. We aimed to present diagnosis, treatment and follow up a 21 yeas old female patient with endophtalmitis secondary to multi-drug resistance, a stubborn Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis due to the inappropriate use of soft contact lenses. [Med-Science 2013; 2(4.000): 921-27]http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=36947Contact lenskeratitisendophthalmitispseudomanas aeruginosadrug resistanceimipenem
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author Tongabay Cumurcu
Abuzer Gunduz
Mufide Cavdar
spellingShingle Tongabay Cumurcu
Abuzer Gunduz
Mufide Cavdar
Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use
Medicine Science
Contact lens
keratitis
endophthalmitis
pseudomanas aeruginosa
drug resistance
imipenem
author_facet Tongabay Cumurcu
Abuzer Gunduz
Mufide Cavdar
author_sort Tongabay Cumurcu
title Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use
title_short Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use
title_full Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use
title_fullStr Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use
title_full_unstemmed Treatment and Follow up of Pseudomonas Endophtalmitis due to Contact Lens Use
title_sort treatment and follow up of pseudomonas endophtalmitis due to contact lens use
publisher Society of TURAZ AKADEMI
series Medicine Science
issn 2147-0634
publishDate 2013-12-01
description The use of contact lenses is the most common cause of bacterial keratitis. Pseudomonas aurogenoza is the most common factor. We aimed to present diagnosis, treatment and follow up a 21 yeas old female patient with endophtalmitis secondary to multi-drug resistance, a stubborn Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis due to the inappropriate use of soft contact lenses. [Med-Science 2013; 2(4.000): 921-27]
topic Contact lens
keratitis
endophthalmitis
pseudomanas aeruginosa
drug resistance
imipenem
url http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=36947
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