Colletotrichum truncatum species complex: Treatment considerations and review of the literature for an unusual pathogen causing fungal keratitis and endophthalmitis

Medical Mycology Case Reports

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Susan E. Richardson¹  Victoria Squissato²  Clara C. Chan³  David T. Wong³  Alaa Alkhotani³  Yeni H. Yucel³  Navdeep Nijhawan³ 

[1] Public Health Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, University of Toronto Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, The Hospital for Sick Children Division of Microbiology, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada M5G 1×8;

[2] Queen’s University School of Medicine, 80 Barrie Street, Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6;

[3] University of Toronto Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada M5B 1W8;

关键词: Colletotrichum;    Colletotrichum truncatum;    Fungal keratitis;    Fungal endophthalmitis;    Treatment;    Infection;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.06.001

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We present a case of Colletotrichum truncatum species complex fungal keratitis and endophthalmitis in an 87-year-old immunocompetent male in whom oral triazole antifungals were contraindicated. The patient had recently returned from 4 months in Jamaica with a one month history of progressively increasing pain and inflammation in his left eye. Corneal samples grew a filamentous fungus and internal transcribed spacer sequencing polymerase chain reaction confirmed the presence of C. truncatum species complex. Samples showed no microbial growth.

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