Glomerella cingulata endophthalmitis

PURPOSE: To report a case of an exogenous endophthalmitis caused by the fungal species Glomerella cingulata. OBSERVATIONS: A 71-year-old male presented with an infectious keratitis that evolved into endophthalmitis. Combined cataract extraction and pars plana vitrectomy was performed and the vitreou...

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Autores principales: Gunasekaran, Nathan, Lee, Kenneth R., Kam, Andrew W., McCall, Dominic, Waring, Dale, Yeung, Season, Fung, Adrian T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9650019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36393908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101744
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To report a case of an exogenous endophthalmitis caused by the fungal species Glomerella cingulata. OBSERVATIONS: A 71-year-old male presented with an infectious keratitis that evolved into endophthalmitis. Combined cataract extraction and pars plana vitrectomy was performed and the vitreous specimen cultured Glomerella cingulata, a variant of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides fungal species. Despite early treatment with topical, systemic and intravitreal doses of both voriconazole and amphotericin B, the patient had a poor visual and anatomical outcome. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Glomerella cingulata may rarely cause endophthalmitis with devastating visual outcomes.

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