ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS

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<http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic880.htm>

ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS .

INTERIOR CAUSE like. BLOOD STREAM infection.

common sorces-meningitis,SLE,urinary tract infections,pulmonary

infections, to name a few.

fungal organisms account for more than 50 percent of endogenous

cases, candida albicans and aspergillosis most common.-

EXOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS

EXTERIOR CAUSE often post cataracts sergery sometimes from bacteria

or fungus in eyelashes

GETTING HIT BY A STICK WITH FUNGUS ON IT OR GETTING FUNGAL KARAtis

from fusarium getting in or on contact lenses.

DIFFERENTIALS IS VERY INTERESTING

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BILATERAIL ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS,

<http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/9577813>

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VISUAL WITH MENINGITIS DUE TO BRAIN SWELLING COMPRESSING THE OPTIC

NERVE OR EDEMA OF THE OPTIC NERVE.

<http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/reprint/13/4/662.pdf>

THIS IS ALOT OF READING, STILL CJECKING INTO THIS.

REMEMBER AT THAT SECOND HOME HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON MY EYES SO

WONDER IF THIS PLAYED IN WITH WHATS HAPPENING WITH THEM NOW.