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.
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
VL - 32
SP - 41
EP - 45
JO - International Ophthalmology
JF - International Ophthalmology
SN - 0165-5701
IS - 1
ER -