Identification of Curvularia lunata by polymerase chain reaction in a case of fungal endophthalmitis()

Curvularia is a dematiaceous mold that infects plant species and is found in the soil. In humans, it is known to cause keratitis after trauma to the eye. We report the findings of persistent fungal endophthalmitis in a 74-year-old female patient who had undergone prior cataract surgery. Mold identif...

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Autores principales: Alex, Deepu, Li, Dongmei, Calderone, Richard, Peters, Stephen M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24432239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.07.001
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description Curvularia is a dematiaceous mold that infects plant species and is found in the soil. In humans, it is known to cause keratitis after trauma to the eye. We report the findings of persistent fungal endophthalmitis in a 74-year-old female patient who had undergone prior cataract surgery. Mold identification and antifungal susceptibilities were done on 2 separate samples of vitreous fluid and they were found to be consistent with Curvularia lunata by the use of PCR amplification methods.
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spelling pubmed-38859382014-01-15 Identification of Curvularia lunata by polymerase chain reaction in a case of fungal endophthalmitis() Alex, Deepu Li, Dongmei Calderone, Richard Peters, Stephen M. Med Mycol Case Rep Article Curvularia is a dematiaceous mold that infects plant species and is found in the soil. In humans, it is known to cause keratitis after trauma to the eye. We report the findings of persistent fungal endophthalmitis in a 74-year-old female patient who had undergone prior cataract surgery. Mold identification and antifungal susceptibilities were done on 2 separate samples of vitreous fluid and they were found to be consistent with Curvularia lunata by the use of PCR amplification methods. Elsevier 2013-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3885938/ /pubmed/24432239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.07.001 Text en © 2013 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Identification of Curvularia lunata by polymerase chain reaction in a case of fungal endophthalmitis()
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