First case of endophthalmitis by Corynespora cassiicola.
Corynespora
Diabetes
Endophthalmitis
India
Journal
Journal de mycologie medicale
ISSN: 1773-0449
Titre abrégé: J Mycol Med
Pays: France
ID NLM: 9425651
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
received:
04
03
2022
revised:
10
05
2022
accepted:
20
05
2022
pubmed:
1
6
2022
medline:
18
11
2022
entrez:
31
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Corynespora cassiicola is an environmental phytopathogen implicated in various human infections and has been isolated from one case of keratitis. We report here the first case of endophthalmitis caused by Corynespora cassiicola in a 54-year-old diabetic patient, who developed diminished vision, redness, and watering in the right eye, six weeks after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema. Direct microscopy of the vitreous tap revealed septate hyphae, and culture grew white mycelium that turned olive-grey to black within two days and was confirmed as C. cassiicola after sequencing of the ITS region of 28S rDNA. The patient was started on oral voriconazole 200 mg twice a day. The patient is on regular follow-up without recurrence. To our knowledge, this case represents the first case of endophthalmitis due to this fungus across the globe and the first case of C. cassiicola infection from India.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35640523
pii: S1156-5233(22)00055-5
doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2022.101298
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Triamcinolone Acetonide
F446C597KA
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101298Informations de copyright
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