Systemic candidiasis and endophthalmitis in neurosurgical patients
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 45 (1) , 95-97
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1976.45.1.0095
Abstract
Three cases of systemic candidiasis in neurosurgical patients are presented. Of the 3 patients, 2 also had endophthalmitis. All of the cases were treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and glucocorticoids prior to the appearance of candidiasis. The authors stress the high susceptibility of neurosurgical patients to opportunisitc infections of this type.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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