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Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature
We report a rare case of Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent patient with subretinal abscess and also review the reported cases. A 50-year-old healthy male presented with sudden painful loss of vision in right eye. He was diagnosed with endogenous endophthalmitis and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4185171/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25230968 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.141065 |
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author | Panigrahi, Pradeep Kumar Roy, Rupak Pal, Swakshyar Saumya Mukherjee, Anjan Lobo, Aneesha |
author_facet | Panigrahi, Pradeep Kumar Roy, Rupak Pal, Swakshyar Saumya Mukherjee, Anjan Lobo, Aneesha |
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description | We report a rare case of Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent patient with subretinal abscess and also review the reported cases. A 50-year-old healthy male presented with sudden painful loss of vision in right eye. He was diagnosed with endogenous endophthalmitis and underwent urgent vitrectomy. Aspergillus terreus growth was obtained in culture. At final follow-up, there was complete resolution of the infection but visual acuity was poor due to macular scar. Aspergillus terreus is a rare cause of endophthalmitis with usually poor outcomes. Newer antifungals like Voriconazole can be sometimes associated with better prognosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-41851712014-10-08 Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature Panigrahi, Pradeep Kumar Roy, Rupak Pal, Swakshyar Saumya Mukherjee, Anjan Lobo, Aneesha Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications We report a rare case of Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent patient with subretinal abscess and also review the reported cases. A 50-year-old healthy male presented with sudden painful loss of vision in right eye. He was diagnosed with endogenous endophthalmitis and underwent urgent vitrectomy. Aspergillus terreus growth was obtained in culture. At final follow-up, there was complete resolution of the infection but visual acuity was poor due to macular scar. Aspergillus terreus is a rare cause of endophthalmitis with usually poor outcomes. Newer antifungals like Voriconazole can be sometimes associated with better prognosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4185171/ /pubmed/25230968 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.141065 Text en Copyright: © Indian 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. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communications Panigrahi, Pradeep Kumar Roy, Rupak Pal, Swakshyar Saumya Mukherjee, Anjan Lobo, Aneesha Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature |
title | Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature |
title_full | Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature |
title_fullStr | Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature |
title_short | Aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of literature |
title_sort | aspergillus terreus endogenous endophthalmitis: report of a case and review of literature |
topic | Brief Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4185171/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25230968 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.141065 |
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