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Ocular Sporotrichosis: Different Spectrums of Clinical Manifestations and a Review of the Literature.

Abd Hadi Mohd Rasidin1,2, Wen-Jeat Ang2, Raja Norliza Raja Omar2, Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajudin1.   

Abstract

We hereby describe two cases of patients with ocular sporotrichosis who presented with different spectrums of clinical manifestations. Both patients had an antecedent history of zoonotic and vegetative contact. The first patient presented with acute granulomatous anterior uveitis, and the second patient presented with granulomatous conjunctivitis. Patients received topical antibiotics, steroids, and cycloplegics. Systemic oral antifungals were added until full recovery was achieved. Both cases were treated without any episodes of relapse or recurrence.
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Keywords:  granulomatous anterior uveitis; granulomatous conjunctivitis; ocular sporotrichosis; sporothrix schenckii species; subcutaneous mycosis

Year:  2022        PMID: 36017280      PMCID: PMC9393341          DOI: 10.7759/cureus.27186

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cureus        ISSN: 2168-8184


  7 in total

1.  Sporothrix schenckii endophthalmitis presenting as granulomatous uveitis.

Authors:  M J Cartwright; M Promersberger; G A Stevens
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1993-01       Impact factor: 4.638

2.  Ocular Sporotrichosis: 26 Cases with Bulbar Involvement in a Hyperendemic Area of Zoonotic Transmission.

Authors:  Andrea Arinelli; Ana Luisa Quintella do Couto Aleixo; Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas; Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle; Rodrigo Almeida-Paes; Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo; André Luiz Land Curi
Journal:  Ocul Immunol Inflamm       Date:  2019-08-14       Impact factor: 3.070

3.  In vitro inhibitory effect of antituberculosis drugs on clinical and environmental strains of Coccidioides posadasii.

Authors:  Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro; Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante; Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha; Maria Auxiliadora Bezerra Fechine; Zoilo Pires de Camargo; José Júlio Costa Sidrim
Journal:  J Antimicrob Chemother       Date:  2006-07-24       Impact factor: 5.790

4.  Ocular sporotrichosis from a tertiary referral center in Malaysia and review of literature in Southeast Asia.

Authors:  Shazana Ahmad-Fauzi; Noranida Abd-Manan; Nor-Sharina Yusof; Mohtar Ibrahim; Shahidatul-Adha Mohamad; Julieana Muhammed
Journal:  Taiwan J Ophthalmol       Date:  2021-03-29

5.  Ocular sporotrichosis: A frequently misdiagnosed cause of granulomatous conjunctivitis in epidemic areas.

Authors:  João Paulo M Yamagata; Fabiana B Rudolph; Maria Clara L Nobre; Leninha V Nascimento; Felipe Maurício S Sampaio; Andrea Arinelli; Dayvison F Freitas
Journal:  Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep       Date:  2017-09-23

6.  A Case of Acute Granulomatous Conjunctivitis Caused by Cat-transmitted Sporothrix schenckii.

Authors:  Jiunn Loong L Ling; Koon Ling Koh; Evelyn Tai; Zakariah Sakinah; Yusof Nor Sharina; Adil Hussein
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2018-10-08
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