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
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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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author Rota, Nestore
Danese, Carla
Menchini, Francesca
Pignatto, Silvia
Peghin, Maddalena
Bassetti, Matteo
Lanzetta, Paolo
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Menchini, Francesca
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Bassetti, Matteo
Lanzetta, Paolo
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description 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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spelling pubmed-67587212019-10-02 Fungal Endogenous Endophthalmitis Secondary to Magnusiomyces capitatus Rota, Nestore Danese, Carla Menchini, Francesca Pignatto, Silvia Peghin, Maddalena Bassetti, Matteo Lanzetta, Paolo Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report 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. S. Karger AG 2019-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6758721/ /pubmed/31579116 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000502412 Text en Copyright © 2019 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Rota, Nestore
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Lanzetta, Paolo
Fungal Endogenous Endophthalmitis Secondary to Magnusiomyces capitatus
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title_short Fungal Endogenous Endophthalmitis Secondary to Magnusiomyces capitatus
title_sort fungal endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to magnusiomyces capitatus
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url 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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