Gas gangrene panophthalmitis

Abstract. A case of clostridium perfringens gas gangrene panophthalmitis developed after a penetrating eye injury. The affected eye became amaurotic, but the panophthalmitis was controlled by minimal surgical debridement and systemic antibiotic therapy with penicillin, fucidic acid and metronidazole...

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Published in:Acta Ophthalmologica
Main Authors: La Cour, Morten, Nørgaard, Annette, Prause, Jan Ulrik, Scherfig, Erik
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1994
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Greenland
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spelling crwiley:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02808.x 2024-09-15T18:09:16+00:00 Gas gangrene panophthalmitis A case from Greenland La Cour, Morten Nørgaard, Annette Prause, Jan Ulrik Scherfig, Erik 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02808.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1755-3768.1994.tb02808.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02808.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Acta Ophthalmologica volume 72, issue 4, page 524-528 ISSN 1755-375X 1755-3768 journal-article 1994 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02808.x 2024-06-25T04:16:58Z Abstract. A case of clostridium perfringens gas gangrene panophthalmitis developed after a penetrating eye injury. The affected eye became amaurotic, but the panophthalmitis was controlled by minimal surgical debridement and systemic antibiotic therapy with penicillin, fucidic acid and metronidazole. Elective enucleation was performed 15 days after the trauma for cosmetic reasons. The enucleated eye was examined histopathologically and showed massive retinal necrosis but no signs of bacteriae. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Wiley Online Library Acta Ophthalmologica 72 4 524 528
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description Abstract. A case of clostridium perfringens gas gangrene panophthalmitis developed after a penetrating eye injury. The affected eye became amaurotic, but the panophthalmitis was controlled by minimal surgical debridement and systemic antibiotic therapy with penicillin, fucidic acid and metronidazole. Elective enucleation was performed 15 days after the trauma for cosmetic reasons. The enucleated eye was examined histopathologically and showed massive retinal necrosis but no signs of bacteriae.
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author La Cour, Morten
Nørgaard, Annette
Prause, Jan Ulrik
Scherfig, Erik
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Nørgaard, Annette
Prause, Jan Ulrik
Scherfig, Erik
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