Clinical management of an outbreak of nutritionally variant streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizumab injection

Clinical management of an outbreak of nutritionally variant streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal bevacizumab injection

Abstract Background The management of an outbreak of endophthalmitis associated with intravitreal bevacizumab represents a challenging real-time process involving identification of cases, treatment and mitigation measures during the outbreak. We summarize the clinical presentation and management of...

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Main Authors: Alexander C. Barnes, Stephen L. Rathbun, Sanjana Kuthyar, G. Baker Hubbard, Chris Bergstrom, Steven Yeh, Mohan N. Iyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
Subjects:
Intravitreal injections
Endophthalmitis
Outbreak
Disease cluster
Nutritionally-variant streptococcus
Granulicatella
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-021-00287-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-021-00287-8

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