Endophthalmitis due to Microbacterium species: case report and review of microbacterium infections.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on April 01, 1997

Authors

G Funke1, G Haase, N Schnitzler, N Schrage, R R Reinert

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Zürich University Hospital, Switzerland.

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