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Eye Infections Caused by Filamentous Fungi: Spectrum and Antifungal Susceptibility of the Prevailing Agents in Germany

, 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.
Anna Zimmermann, Zimmermann, Anna, Kurzai, Oliver, Lilienfeld-Toal, Marie von, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Grit Walther, Geerling, Gerd, Kaerger, Kerstin, Gerd Geerling, Walther, Grit, Daniel Kampik, Oliver Kurzai, Kampik, Daniel, Kerstin Kaerger, Mathias Roth, Theuersbacher, Johanna, Johanna Theuersbacher, Roth, Mathias   +17 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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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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Antifungals in eye infections: drugs and routes of administration [PDF]

, 2015
Treatment of fungal eye infections represents a challenge to the ophthalmology practice. For an adequate therapeutic response, besides correct drug choice, it is necessary an effectively administration.
Castro, Rosane Silvestre de, Müller, Guilherme Gubert, Kara-José, Newton   +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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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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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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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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