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Case Reports
. 2014 Feb;28(2):235.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.252. Epub 2013 Dec 13.

Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Shewanella putrefaciens associated with an open globe fishhook injury

N Mohan  1 , S Sharma  2 , T R Padhi  1 , S Basu  1 , T P Das  1
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Case Reports

Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Shewanella putrefaciens associated with an open globe fishhook injury

N Mohan et al. Eye (Lond). 2014 Feb.
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(a) Slit lamp photograph of the right eye taken under diffuse illumination at presentation showing self-sealed full thickness corneal tear (black arrow), shallow anterior chamber and pupillary exudates. (b) Fundus photograph 17 months after injury showing an attached retina and an epiretinal membrane around the disc.
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