Post-traumatic fungal endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei.
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Vol. 15 (9) , 853-5
Abstract
Fungal endophthalmitis caused by dematiacious fungi is an uncommon occurrence. We report a case of fungal endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei following penetrating injury. This is a previously unreported etiologic agent in endophthalmitis. The infection was treated with intravitreal and intravenous amphotericin B in combination with oral 5-fluorocytosine. Although the organism was eradicated, vision was lost due to total retinal detachment.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: