Erschienen in:
01.02.2012 | Case Report
Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis: first case in North America
verfasst von:
Diego G. Espinosa-Heidmann, Brian D. McMillan, P. Rocco Lasala, Jonathan Stanley, Cristoforo R. Larzo
Erschienen in:
International Ophthalmology
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Ausgabe 1/2012
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Abstract
To report an unusual case of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis due to Candida dubliniensis. Interventional case report of a 27-year-old immunocompetent male with loss of vision, dense vitritis, and chorioretinal infiltrates, who underwent a diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy. Microbiology cultures obtained by a diagnostic vitrectomy were positive for the growth of C. dubliniensis. This infectious process was then appropriately treated with intravitreal amphotericin B and systemic fluconazole with resolution of the endophthalmitis. Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis is a condition that can masquerade other more common causes of endophthalmitis. Atypical cases of endophthalmitis may benefit from diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy for prompt diagnosis and treatment.