Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy

Fungal keratitis is an ocular infection that has no standardized treatment. The etiological agents most frequently reported in the literature are Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., Alternaria spp. and Curvularia spp., related to injuries and Candida albicans related to contact lens wear. Here we prese...

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Autores principales: González Castellanos, Juan Cruz, Osaba, Matías, Reviglio, Virginia, Canchi, Marcela Tatiana, Arrigone, Maitén Cuyén, Reviglio, Víctor Eduardo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32551125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa032
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author González Castellanos, Juan Cruz
Osaba, Matías
Reviglio, Virginia
Canchi, Marcela Tatiana
Arrigone, Maitén Cuyén
Reviglio, Víctor Eduardo
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description Fungal keratitis is an ocular infection that has no standardized treatment. The etiological agents most frequently reported in the literature are Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., Alternaria spp. and Curvularia spp., related to injuries and Candida albicans related to contact lens wear. Here we present a case of bilateral fungal keratitis of a few days of evolution with insufficient response to antifungal pharmacological treatment and with early application of cross-linking in both eyes as an adjuvant therapy. A review of the current status of cross-linking for the treatment of corneal infections is presented.
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spelling pubmed-72931382020-06-17 Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy González Castellanos, Juan Cruz Osaba, Matías Reviglio, Virginia Canchi, Marcela Tatiana Arrigone, Maitén Cuyén Reviglio, Víctor Eduardo Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report Fungal keratitis is an ocular infection that has no standardized treatment. The etiological agents most frequently reported in the literature are Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., Alternaria spp. and Curvularia spp., related to injuries and Candida albicans related to contact lens wear. Here we present a case of bilateral fungal keratitis of a few days of evolution with insufficient response to antifungal pharmacological treatment and with early application of cross-linking in both eyes as an adjuvant therapy. A review of the current status of cross-linking for the treatment of corneal infections is presented. Oxford University Press 2020-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7293138/ /pubmed/32551125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa032 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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González Castellanos, Juan Cruz
Osaba, Matías
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Canchi, Marcela Tatiana
Arrigone, Maitén Cuyén
Reviglio, Víctor Eduardo
Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
title Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
title_full Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
title_fullStr Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
title_full_unstemmed Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
title_short Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
title_sort early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32551125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa032
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