TY - JOUR
T1 - Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis
T2 - First case in North America
AU - Espinosa-Heidmann, Diego G.
AU - McMillan, Brian D.
AU - Lasala, P. Rocco
AU - Stanley, Jonathan
AU - Larzo, Cristoforo R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank to Andrew Gardner and Steven AUaby for the greenhouse maintenance of the plants. Thanks are also due to Dr. William D. Seabrook, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, for the loan of the micromanipulation equipment. We thank L. Katheryn Douglas and Valerie Burns for the assistance in photography and pollen collection, respectively. Photographic printing by Roger Smith is also acknowledged. This research was supported by the Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada~
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Candida dubliniensis
KW - Diagnostic vitrectomy
KW - Endophthalmitis
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U2 - 10.1007/s10792-011-9499-8
DO - 10.1007/s10792-011-9499-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 22222717
AN - SCOPUS:84857654911
SN - 0165-5701
VL - 32
SP - 41
EP - 45
JO - International Ophthalmology
JF - International Ophthalmology
IS - 1
ER -