Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 259-268 , November 2001

Endogenous Serratia marcescens Endophthalmitis with Dark Hypopyon: A Case Report and Review

  • Robert A Equi, MD
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  • W.Richard Green, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: W. Richard Green, MD, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, W. Richard Green Eye Pathology Laboratory, Maumenee 427, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-9248

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