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Abscess Therapy

Researchers at Women's and Children's Hospital have published new data on abscess therapy

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, January 13th, 2008

A new study, 'Successful treatment of a large choroidal abscess in an immunocompetent child. Treatment of a choroidal abscess,' is now available. "We report the case of a systemically well 4-year-old Aboriginal boy who developed a choroidal abscess after being poked in the left eye with a blunt object. This boy presented with redness and reduced vision in the left eye after a blunt object was poked into his eye by his sibling," investigators in Adelaide, Australia report.

"He was noted to have a choroidal mass which finally manifested as a choroidal abscess. His initial visual acuity was 6/60, and dilated fundus examination demonstrated a localised solid-appearing...

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