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Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis

We present a report of a 28-year-old female with fungal keratitis due to Acremonium that was unresponsive to full medical therapy over 3 weeks. The patient was treated with superficial keratectomy, intrastromal and intracameral voriconazole injections. There was a marked clinical improvement beginni...

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Autores principales: Haddad, Randa S., El-Mollayess, Georges M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623874
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.95271
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description We present a report of a 28-year-old female with fungal keratitis due to Acremonium that was unresponsive to full medical therapy over 3 weeks. The patient was treated with superficial keratectomy, intrastromal and intracameral voriconazole injections. There was a marked clinical improvement beginning on day 3 post-therapy that was sustained until the last follow-up at 6 months. This is the first case of fungal keratitis due to Acremonium treated by a combination of intrastromal and intracameral voriconazole. This cost-effective treatment modality proved to be significant in impeding the progression of this potentially blinding disease and improving visual prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-33536832012-05-23 Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis Haddad, Randa S. El-Mollayess, Georges M. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report We present a report of a 28-year-old female with fungal keratitis due to Acremonium that was unresponsive to full medical therapy over 3 weeks. The patient was treated with superficial keratectomy, intrastromal and intracameral voriconazole injections. There was a marked clinical improvement beginning on day 3 post-therapy that was sustained until the last follow-up at 6 months. This is the first case of fungal keratitis due to Acremonium treated by a combination of intrastromal and intracameral voriconazole. This cost-effective treatment modality proved to be significant in impeding the progression of this potentially blinding disease and improving visual prognosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3353683/ /pubmed/22623874 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.95271 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis
title Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis
title_full Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis
title_fullStr Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis
title_full_unstemmed Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis
title_short Combination of Intracameral and Intrastromal Voriconazole in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Acremonium Fungal Keratitis
title_sort combination of intracameral and intrastromal voriconazole in the treatment of recalcitrant acremonium fungal keratitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623874
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