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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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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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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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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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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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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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Identification and molecular characterization of Subramaniula asteroides causing human fungal keratitis: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Keratitis due to by filamentous fungi are not easy to diagnose thus causing a delay in correct therapy. There are many descriptions of keratitis due to Candida, Fusarium and Aspergillus genera.
Rosario Cultrera, Riccardo Torelli, Caterina Sarnicola, Daniela Segala, Andrea Mengoli, Giuseppina Chiaretto, Paolo Perri, Maurizio Sanguinetti   +7 more
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Prioritization of Drugs for Fungal Keratitis Eye Infections: An In-Silico Analysis

Applied Sciences, 2019
The fungal keratitis (FK) infections that cause cornea inflammations are more virulent than other bacterial keratitis infections and remain one of the most ethereal and challenging infections for ophthalmologists to diagnose and treat.
Punitha Thambidurai, Vinodhini Raja, Saranya Ashokapuram Selvam, Moorthy Kannaiyan, Gnanendra Shanmugam   +4 more
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