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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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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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Invasion of the therapeutic contact lens by a rare fungal species presenting as the acute red eye: A case report

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Therapeutic contact lens used in the treatment of non-infective corneal pathologies are prone to infection by microorganisms like bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Bacteria cause the majority of contact lens-related infections. Although rare, fungal invasion
C S Lalitha, Bhagabat Nayak, Vinaykumar Hallur, Anjali Kharolia   +3 more
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Fungal, Mycobacterial, and Nocardia infections and the eye: an update [PDF]

Eye, 2011
Although relatively uncommon, fungi, atypical Mycobacteria, and Nocardia have been isolated from a variety of infections of eye including keratitis, scleritis, canaliculitis, dacryocystitis, endophthalmitis and orbital cellulites. The organisms typically cause a slowly progressive disease.
P. Garg
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Eye Infections Caused by Filamentous Fungi: Spectrum and Antifungal Susceptibility of the Prevailing Agents in Germany

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Fungal eye infections can lead to loss of vision and blindness. The disease is most prevalent in the tropics, although case numbers in moderate climates are increasing as well.
G. Walther, Anna Zimmermann, J. Theuersbacher, Kerstin Kaerger, M. von Lilienfeld-Toal, M. Roth, D. Kampik, G. Geerling, O. Kurzai   +8 more
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Viral, Bacterial, and Fungal Respiratory Infections

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2023
Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains an ongoing threat, concerns regarding other respiratory infections remain. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic various epidemiologic trends have been observed in other respiratory viruses including a ...
A. Losier, G. Gupta, Mario Caldararo, C. D. Dela Cruz   +3 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 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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