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Imaging features of rhinocerebral mucormycosis: A study of 43 patients

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2018
Background: Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection caused by saprophytic fungi seen almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients.The objective of this study was to describe the imaging findings in patients with rhinocerebral ...
Jacob Therakathu, Shailesh Prabhu, Aparna Irodi, Sniya Valsa Sudhakar, Vikas K. Yadav, V. Rupa   +5 more
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Ophthalmic infections caused by Aspergillus nidulans: A case series and short review of literature [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2021
Background and Purpose: Although Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus are more commonly implicated with ocular infections; there are some saprophytic species, such as Aspergillus nidulans (A.
Prachala Rathod, Atul Kumar, Radhika Tandon, Nishat Ahmed   +3 more
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Intracranial fusarium fungal abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction Fusarium spp is an omnipresent fungal species that may lead to fatal infections in immunocompromised populations. Spontaneous intracranial infection by Fusarium spp in immunocompetent individuals is exceedingly rare.
Cadden, Joseph, Commins, Deborah, Giannotta, Steven L, Lee, Brian, Peterson, Asa, Pham, Martin H, Zada, Gabriel   +6 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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Herpes simplex keratitis: Challenges in diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]

, 2017
Herpes simplex virus is responsible for numerous ocular diseases, the most common of which is herpetic stromal keratitis. This is a recurrent infection of the cornea that typically begins with a subclinical infection of the cornea that establishes a ...
Azher, Tayaba N, Huang, Andrew JW, Stuart, Patrick M, Tajfirouz, Deena, Yin, Xiao-Tang   +4 more
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Eye for an eye: near-fatal outcome of fungal infection in a young, diabetic girl [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2018
In this report, we describe the case of a young, diabetic girl with ketoacidosis who suffered sudden loss of vision of the right eye. The loss of vision was caused by an invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral fungal infection (mucormycosis) with extensive periorbital thrombosis.
Vos, Fedja I., Reitsma, Sietze, Adriaensen, Gwijde F. J. P. M., Fokkens, Wytske J.   +3 more
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Intensive care unit-related fluconazole use in Spain and Germany: patient characteristics and outcomes of a prospective multicenter longitudinal observational study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Candida spp. are a frequent cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections worldwide. Objective: To evaluate the use patterns and outcomes associated with intravenous (IV) fluconazole therapy in intensive care units in Spain and Germany ...
Ballus, Jose, Bingold, Tobias Michael, Kaskel, Peter, Krobot, Karl J., Kumar, Ritesh N., Mavros, Panagiotis, Nocea, Gonzalo, Wissing, Heimo   +7 more
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Unique presentations of aspergillosis endogenous endophthalmitis in two hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
We present two ICU-hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting with endogenous endophthalmitis in one eye and variable manifestations of chorioretinitis in the fellow eye.
Alaa E Fayed, Ismail I Hamza, Sherif N Embabi   +2 more
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CAQ Corner: Immune‐mediated complications

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Mary Thomson, John R. Lake
wiley   +1 more source

Conidiobolus, a hitherto unidentified pathogen in microbial keratitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Fungal infections are a significantly increasing cause of ocular and systemic morbidity; the vast majority of cases being ascribed to a handful of species. Fungal keratitis, unlike systemic infections, usually occur in immunocompetent individuals. Rarely,
Anita Raghavan, Balakrishna Balaka, Narendran Venkatapathy, Ram Rammohan   +3 more
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