Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda

A 35-year-old male presented with Candida keratitis in the left eye. He was HIV positive with a CD4 of 352 cells/µL. The eye quickly deteriorated, despite intensive antifungal treatment and was eviscerated. Five months later, he re-presented with Candida keratitis in his right eye. A focal source of...

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Autores principales: Arunga, Simon, Kwaga, Teddy, Leck, Astrid, Hu, Victor H., Burton, Matthew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.007
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Burton, Matthew J.
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description A 35-year-old male presented with Candida keratitis in the left eye. He was HIV positive with a CD4 of 352 cells/µL. The eye quickly deteriorated, despite intensive antifungal treatment and was eviscerated. Five months later, he re-presented with Candida keratitis in his right eye. A focal source of Candida infection was suspected and a urine culture identified Candida spp, despite being asymptomatic for genitourinary candidiasis. He was subsequently treated with good outcome (max. 75 words)
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spelling pubmed-60730782018-08-09 Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda Arunga, Simon Kwaga, Teddy Leck, Astrid Hu, Victor H. Burton, Matthew J. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A 35-year-old male presented with Candida keratitis in the left eye. He was HIV positive with a CD4 of 352 cells/µL. The eye quickly deteriorated, despite intensive antifungal treatment and was eviscerated. Five months later, he re-presented with Candida keratitis in his right eye. A focal source of Candida infection was suspected and a urine culture identified Candida spp, despite being asymptomatic for genitourinary candidiasis. He was subsequently treated with good outcome (max. 75 words) Elsevier 2018-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6073078/ /pubmed/30094132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.007 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
title Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
title_full Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
title_fullStr Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
title_short Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
title_sort bilateral candida keratitis in an hiv patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in uganda
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.007
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