Endophthalmitis
Endophthalmitis is a serious eye infection that can cause blindness if not promptly diagnosed and appropriately treated. The goals of this book are to provide the latest information about endophthalmitis and offer recommendations for diagnosis and t
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Marlene L. Durand Joan W. Miller Lucy H. Young Editors
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Endophthalmitis
Marlene L. Durand • Joan W. Miller Lucy H. Young Editors
Endophthalmitis
Editors Marlene L. Durand, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USA
Lucy H. Young, MD, PhD Massachusetts Eye and Ear Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USA
Joan W. Miller, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USA
ISBN 978-3-319-29229-8 ISBN 978-3-319-29231-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29231-1
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With love and gratitude: To my husband, Dr. Brooke Swearingen, and our daughters, Jennifer and Laura. Marlene L. Durand, MD To my husband, John B. Miller, PhD, and our children, John, Douglas, and Mary. Joan W. Miller, MD To my parents, Professor Tsen Men Young and Mrs. Pei Lan Liu. Lucy H. Young, MD, PhD
Preface
Endophthalmitis is a rare but dreaded complication of common eye surgeries such as cataract surgery, intravitreal injections such as those given to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, penetrating eye trauma, and systemic infections such as liver abscess or endocarditis. Endophthalmitis leads to blindness in some eyes and irreversible decrease in visual acuity in most eyes. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of endophthalmitis is essential to save vision. The purpose of this textbook is to provide clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and current resource for understanding this important eye infection. This understanding in turn may save the vision of future patients affected by endophthalmitis. The authors of the individual chapters are experts in the field. The first chapter is a general overview of end
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