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CASE REPORT

Acute Post-Cataract Endophthalmitis Due to Phialemoniopsis curvata: A Rare Case Report

Mengli Tang1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jun Li1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;2 National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Fengjun Xia1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9871-0366View further author information
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Changhang Min1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Zhaojun Liu1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yongmei Hu1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;2 National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Haichen Wang1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;2 National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Heping Xu3 Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Mingxiang Zou1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China;2 National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1651-1657 | Published online: 08 Apr 2022

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