Literature DB >> 35326072

Unique presentations of aspergillosis endogenous endophthalmitis in two hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19.

Alaa E Fayed1, Ismail I Hamza2, Sherif N Embabi3.   

Abstract

We present two ICU-hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting with endogenous endophthalmitis in one eye and variable manifestations of chorioretinitis in the fellow eye. Two diabetic patients (57 and 62 years old) showed anterior uveitis and yellowish-white subretinal infiltrations. The fellow eye of one patient showed patches of choroiditis, while the other showed full retinal thickness infiltrations. A workup yielded high serum titers of galactomannan, diagnostic of aspergillosis. The widespread use of high doses of corticosteroids in the management of COVID-19 may predispose to various secondary fungal opportunistic infections and may manifest in different forms of chorioretinal infiltration.

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Keywords:  Aspergillosis; COVID-19; endophthalmitis; fungal; galactomannan; uveitis

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Year:  2022        PMID: 35326072      PMCID: PMC9240524          DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2718_21

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0301-4738            Impact factor:   2.969


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