CANDIDAL CHORIORETINITIS OCCURRING TO DRU G-ADDICTS - 2 CASE-REPORTS

We report two cases of candidal chorioretinitis occurring to two frien ds who abused of intravenous crack using the same seryngue. An endopht halmitis ''a minima'' due to a therapeutic delay arose in one patient, when a rare spontaneous healing happened to the second patient, in bo th cases, an epiretinal membrane is noted after the lesions scared. Oc ular candidal infection is a typical complication occurring to intrave nous drug addicts. The visual prognosis depends nor only on early diag nosis and treatment but also on a strict follow-up because late compli cations are frequent In spite of the healing of initial lesions.