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Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis associated with ocular lesion in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: A 59-year-old female patient, previously healthy, immunocompetent, presented left bulbar conjunctiva lesions and nodular-ulcerated lesions on the arms and cervical region, besides left cervical and retroauricular lymphadenopathy.
Karina Bittencourt Medeiros, Luana Gomes Landeiro, Lucia Martins Diniz, Aloísio Falqueto   +3 more
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Filamentous Fungal Infections in a Tertiary Care Setting: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcome

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Information on the distribution of filamentous fungal pathogens, which cause potential life-threatening invasive infections mostly in immunocompromised persons, is of great importance.
Miriam Van den Nest, Gernot Wagner, Martin Riesenhuber, Constantin Dolle, Elisabeth Presterl, Gerald Gartlehner, Deddo Moertl, Birgit Willinger   +7 more
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Non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis with limited posterior uveitis in a kidney organ transplant recipient with antibody-mediated rejection: a case report

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent fungal eye infections in patients with immunosuppression. Currently, treatment approaches for non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis are based on those used for cryptococcal meningitis or ...
Yi-An Lu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Chia-Jen Chang, Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Mu-Chi Chung, Chien-Chih Chou   +5 more
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Recurrent Scedosporium apiospermum Cutaneous Infection in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Potent Role of IL-6 Signaling Pathway Blockade: A Case-Based Review

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients deal with a higher risk of bacterial and fungal infections compared to the general population because of their dysregulated immune system as well as the immunosuppressive therapy they usually receive.
Antigone Pieta, Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Christos Kittas, Eirini Christaki, Paraskevi V. Voulgari   +4 more
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Amphotericin B Polymer Nanoparticles Show Efficacy against Candida Species Biofilms

Pathogens, 2022
Purpose: Chronic infections of Candida albicans are characterised by the embedding of budding and entwined filamentous fungal cells into biofilms. The biofilms are refractory to many drugs and Candida biofilms are associated with ocular fungal infections.
Abdulghani Alakkad, Paul Stapleton, Corinna Schlosser, Sudaxshina Murdan, Uchechukwu Odunze, Andreas Schatzlein, Ijeoma F. Uchegbu   +6 more
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Eye [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2000
SUMMARYThe unique structure of the human eye as well as exposure of the eye directly to the environment renders it vulnerable to a number of uncommon infectious diseases caused by fungi and parasites. Host defenses directed against these microorganisms, once anatomical barriers are breached, are often insufficient to prevent loss of vision.
S A, Klotz, C C, Penn, G J, Negvesky, S I, Butrus   +3 more
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Orbital abscess caused by Exophiala dermatitidis following posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide: a case report and a review of literature related to Exophiala eye infections

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide (STTA) has been widely adopted in the clinical setting of ophthalmology and its infectious complications are rare.
Chiharu Iwahashi, Hiroshi Eguchi, Fumika Hotta, Mayu Uezumi, Miki Sawa, Masatomo Kimura, Takashi Yaguchi, Shunji Kusaka   +7 more
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Fungal Endophthalmitis Associated with Compounded Products

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare but serious infection. In March 2012, several cases of probable and laboratory-confirmed fungal endophthalmitis occurring after invasive ocular procedures were reported nationwide.
Christina A. Mikosz, Rachel M. Smith, Moon Kim, Clara Tyson, Ellen H. Lee, Eleanor Adams, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Rick Sowadsky, Shannon Arroyo, Yoran Grant-Greene, Julie Duran, Yvonne Vasquez, Byron F. Robinson, Julie R. Harris, Shawn R. Lockhart, Thomas J. Török, Laurene Mascola, Benjamin J. Park   +17 more
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Microorganisms and Common Ophthalmic Diseases [PDF]

, 2017
The human eye is in constant contact to environmental conditions that increase its likelihood in being exposed to a multitude of pathogens. Studies have revealed that the normal microbial flora found around the ocular area contribute to the well-being of
Su CW, Tighe S
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Fungal panophthalmitis presenting as severe posterior scleritis

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023
Purpose: To report a highly unusual and fulminant case of infectious fungal panophthalmitis that initially presented as angle closure in the setting of posterior scleritis, culminating in the loss of the affected eye.
Lynn W. Sun, Therese M. Sassalos, Amy D. Zhang   +2 more
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