Delayed-onset post-operative keratitis and endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala oligosperma

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Kessendri Reddy¹  Dawood da Costa¹  David Meyer²  Laurie W. van der Merwe² 

[1] Division of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa;Division of Ophthalmology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa;

关键词: Fungal endophthalmitis;    Fungal keratitis;    Exophiala oligosperma;    Delayed-onset endophthalmitis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12348-021-00277-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

A case of delayed-onset post-cataract-surgery keratitis and endophthalmitis, caused by the melanin-producing fungus Exophiala oligosperma, is presented. The patient presented with an infection at the corneal side-port wound 5 months after an uneventful phacoemulsification surgery. Despite pars plana vitrectomy and combination antifungal treatment, the patient required an evisceration of the globe. Limited clinical information is available about the treatment of eye infections caused by this organism.

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