Fungal Endogenous Endophthalmitis Secondary to Magnusiomyces capitatus

We report the case of a 68-year-old immunocompetent patient with a dilatation of the ascending aorta, intraluminal vegetations, and pseudoaneurysmatic bulging who presented with unilateral fungal endogenous endophthalmitis 8 days after coronary angiogram. The isolated pathogen resulted to be Magnusi...

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Autores principales: Rota, Nestore, Danese, Carla, Menchini, Francesca, Pignatto, Silvia, Peghin, Maddalena, Bassetti, Matteo, Lanzetta, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6758721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000502412
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Sumario:We report the case of a 68-year-old immunocompetent patient with a dilatation of the ascending aorta, intraluminal vegetations, and pseudoaneurysmatic bulging who presented with unilateral fungal endogenous endophthalmitis 8 days after coronary angiogram. The isolated pathogen resulted to be Magnusiomyces capitatus, a filamentous, yeast-like fungus that can be commonly found in normal human microflora, with an immunosuppression-related pathogenicity. A literature research revealed a single case of ophthalmic infection – a keratitis – caused by this pathogen. Furthermore, we add a review of mycotic endophthalmitis related to aortic infection.

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