A rare case of devastating Clostridium septicum endogenous endophthalmitis

Lorena Karla Rudež¹, Igor Petrović^{1

2}, Krešimir Bulić^{1

2}, Jelena Juri Mandić^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
² Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. jmiklau@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. jmiklau@gmail.com.

Case Reports

Lorena Karla Rudež et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;260(6):2061-2064.

doi: 10.1007/s00417-021-05476-7. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

Lorena Karla Rudež¹, Igor Petrović^{1

2}, Krešimir Bulić^{1

2}, Jelena Juri Mandić^{3

4}

¹ University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
² Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. jmiklau@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. jmiklau@gmail.com.

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Antimicrobial guide to posterior segment infections.
Patel TP, Zacks DN, Dedania VS. Patel TP, et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep;259(9):2473-2501. doi: 10.1007/s00417-020-04974-4. Epub 2020 Nov 6. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021. PMID: 33156370 Review.

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