Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex

PURPOSE: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex METHODS: Case report RESULTS: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeu...

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Autores principales: Showail, Mahmood J., Kus, Julianne V., Tsui, George Kar, Chew, Hall F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28702317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.003
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex METHODS: Case report RESULTS: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeutic corneal transplant was performed after perforation. At two years follow up, she was free of infection. CONCLUSION: Metarhizium anisopliae is a very rare cause of keratitis. Although previous reported cases showed clinical improvement with antifungal agents, this case required surgical treatment to control the infection.
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spelling pubmed-54914542017-07-12 Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex Showail, Mahmood J. Kus, Julianne V. Tsui, George Kar Chew, Hall F. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex METHODS: Case report RESULTS: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeutic corneal transplant was performed after perforation. At two years follow up, she was free of infection. CONCLUSION: Metarhizium anisopliae is a very rare cause of keratitis. Although previous reported cases showed clinical improvement with antifungal agents, this case required surgical treatment to control the infection. Elsevier 2017-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5491454/ /pubmed/28702317 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.003 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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