title: [Intravenous fluconazole use in the treatment of fungic endogenous endophthalmitis: case report].
abstract: The authors describe a case of endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis in one extremely low birth-weight newborn refractory to endovenous amphotericin B treatment that presented resolution with the use of endovenous fluconazole. Clinical aspects of endogenous Candida albicans endophthalmitis are also pointed out by a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
authors.forename: Patrícia de Freitas
authors.initials: Pde F
authors.lastname: Dotto
authors.forename: Luciana Duarte
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Maria de Lourdes Brandão
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Bettina Barbosa Duque
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Figueira
authors.forename: Walter Yukihiko
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: José Carlos Eudes
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Carani
authors.forename: Pedro Durães
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Serracarbassa
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole