[Endogenous Candida endophthalmitis in drug misusers injecting intravenous buprenorphine].

Purpose: To analyze patients presenting ocular candidiasis caused by intravenous drug addiction to buprenorphine.

Patients And Methods: We have listed all the cases of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis hospitalized between 1996 and 2005 in the ophthalmology department of the university-affiliated hospital of Rouen, France. Posterior vitrectomy was performed for each patient, with direct examination and bacterial and fungal cultures.