Delayed-onset post-operative keratitis and endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala oligosperma

A case of delayed-onset post-cataract-surgery keratitis and endophthalmitis, caused by the melanin-producing fungus Exophiala oligosperma, is presented. The patient presented with an infection at the corneal side-port wound 5 months after an uneventful phacoemulsification surgery. Despite pars plana...

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Autores principales: van der Merwe, Laurie W., da Costa, Dawood, Reddy, Kessendri, Meyer, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34940953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-021-00277-9
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description A case of delayed-onset post-cataract-surgery keratitis and endophthalmitis, caused by the melanin-producing fungus Exophiala oligosperma, is presented. The patient presented with an infection at the corneal side-port wound 5 months after an uneventful phacoemulsification surgery. Despite pars plana vitrectomy and combination antifungal treatment, the patient required an evisceration of the globe. Limited clinical information is available about the treatment of eye infections caused by this organism.
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spelling pubmed-87025972022-01-10 Delayed-onset post-operative keratitis and endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala oligosperma van der Merwe, Laurie W. da Costa, Dawood Reddy, Kessendri Meyer, David J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Letter to the Editor A case of delayed-onset post-cataract-surgery keratitis and endophthalmitis, caused by the melanin-producing fungus Exophiala oligosperma, is presented. The patient presented with an infection at the corneal side-port wound 5 months after an uneventful phacoemulsification surgery. Despite pars plana vitrectomy and combination antifungal treatment, the patient required an evisceration of the globe. Limited clinical information is available about the treatment of eye infections caused by this organism. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8702597/ /pubmed/34940953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-021-00277-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_full Delayed-onset post-operative keratitis and endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala oligosperma
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title_short Delayed-onset post-operative keratitis and endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala oligosperma
title_sort delayed-onset post-operative keratitis and endophthalmitis caused by exophiala oligosperma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702597/
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