Title of article :
Bilateral endogenou cedoporium prolifican endophthalmiti after lung tranplantation
Author/Authors :
M. Reza Vagefi، نويسنده , , Eleanore T. Kim، نويسنده , , Richard G. Alvarado، نويسنده , , Jacque L. Duncan، نويسنده , , Ed L. Howe، نويسنده , , J. Brook Crawford، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages :
4
From page :
370
To page :
373
Abstract :
Purpoe To report a cae of bilateral endogenou fungal endophthalmiti reulting from dieminated cedoporium prolifican. Deign Obervational cae report. Method A 56-year-old woman with cytic fibroi tatu pot dual lung tranplantation on chronic immunouppreive therapy preented with acute graft rejection. Culture of bronchial bruhing revealed . prolifican. Three week after admiion, the patient noted increaed blurrine and a central cotoma in her right eye. Dilated fundu examination revealed profound vitriti in the right eye with hemorrhagic retiniti involving the macula. A peripheral, yellow choroidal infiltrate with overlying retiniti and localized vitriti wa preent in the left eye. Reult Intravitreal antibiotic were initiated, and vitreou culture revealed . prolifican. The patient ultimately uccumbed to her dieminated dieae. Pathologic examination of the eye confirmed bilateral endogenou fungal endophthalmiti. Concluion . prolifican i an opportunitic infection reitant to tandard antifungal therapy that can reult in endogenou endophthalmiti in immunocompromied individual.
Journal title :
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Serial Year :
2005
Journal title :
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Record number :
625371
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