The incidence of endophthalmitis or macular involvement and the necessity of a routine ophthalmic examination in patients with candidemia.
Takashi UedaYoshio TakesueIssei TokimatsuTaiga MiyazakiNana Nakada-MotokawaMiki NagaoKazuhiko NakajimaHiroshige MikamoYuka YamagishiKei KasaharaShingo YoshiharaAkira UkimuraKoichiro YoshidaNaomi YoshinagaMasaaki IzumiHiroshi KakeyaKoichi YamadaHideki KawamuraKazuo EndouKazuaki YamanakaMutsunobu YoshiokaKayoko AminoHiroki IkeuchiMotoi UchinoYoshitsugu MiyazakiPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Even when early routine ophthalmic examinations were performed, a high incidence of advanced ocular lesions was observed. These results suggest that routine ophthalmic examinations are still warranted in patients with candidemia.