Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report

We present a case of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in a nondiabetic, nonhypertensive patient who recovered from COVID-19 infection. Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent individual is quite uncommon. The organism in our patient was resistant to amphotericin and voriconazole and...

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Autor principal: Nakhwa, Chinmay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Expedited Publications, Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827041
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1192_21
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description We present a case of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in a nondiabetic, nonhypertensive patient who recovered from COVID-19 infection. Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent individual is quite uncommon. The organism in our patient was resistant to amphotericin and voriconazole and was successfully treated with intravitreal caspofungin. The rarity of an opportunistic nosocomial infection in an immunocompetent person with a drug-resistant organism prompted us to write this report.
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spelling pubmed-88373222022-03-07 Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report Nakhwa, Chinmay Indian J Ophthalmol Expedited Publications, Case Report We present a case of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in a nondiabetic, nonhypertensive patient who recovered from COVID-19 infection. Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent individual is quite uncommon. The organism in our patient was resistant to amphotericin and voriconazole and was successfully treated with intravitreal caspofungin. The rarity of an opportunistic nosocomial infection in an immunocompetent person with a drug-resistant organism prompted us to write this report. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-12 2021-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8837322/ /pubmed/34827041 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1192_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report
title Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report
title_full Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report
title_fullStr Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report
title_short Endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a COVID-19 recovered patient: A case report
title_sort endogenous fungal endopthalmitis treated with intravitreal caspofungin in a covid-19 recovered patient: a case report
topic Expedited Publications, Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8837322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827041
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1192_21
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