Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis in a Patient Admitted to Intensive Care and Treated with Systemic Steroid for COVID-19
Endogenous endophthalmitis
coronavirus disease 2019
endogenous fungal endophthalmitis
posterior uveitis
Journal
Turkish journal of ophthalmology
ISSN: 2149-8709
Titre abrégé: Turk J Ophthalmol
Pays: Turkey
ID NLM: 101686048
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 04 2022
28 04 2022
Historique:
entrez:
28
4
2022
pubmed:
29
4
2022
medline:
3
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A 61-year-old woman presented to our clinic with complaints of decreased visual acuity, pain, and redness in her left eye. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/20 in the right eye and counting fingers at 3 meters in the left eye. On slit-lamp examination, 1+ cells were detected in the anterior chamber. Fundus examination revealed 1+ haze in the vitreous and multiple creamy-whitish lesions in the retina and vitreous. Her history included a diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) one month earlier, for which she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for 20 days and received systemic corticosteroid treatment. Vitreous culture yielded
Identifiants
pubmed: 35481735
doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2022.04324
pmc: PMC9069083
doi:
Substances chimiques
Steroids
0
Amphotericin B
7XU7A7DROE
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
139-141Informations de copyright
©Copyright 2022 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Galenos Publishing House.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
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