Scedosporium prolificansKeratouveitis in Association with a Contact Lens Retained Intraocularly over a Long Term
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- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (12) , 4579-4582
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.12.4579-4582.2001
Abstract
Scedosporium prolificansis a soil saprophyte that is associated with a large variety of infectious processes and with respiratory colonization in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. We report the first described case ofS. prolificanskeratouveitis associated with the intraocular long-term retention of a contact lens in a 76-year-old female patient.Keywords
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