Literature DB >> 6418052

Aspergillus endophthalmitis in an intravenous drug user.

S S Wilmarth, D R May, A M Roth, R J Cole, S Nolan, E Goldstein.   

Abstract

A 27-year-old male drug user administered methamphetamine hydrochloride solution intravenously (IV) from a storage vial. Within two weeks he was admitted with a fungal endophthalmitis of the right eye. A diagnostic and therapeutic vitrectomy was performed. Aspergillus fumigatus was cultured from the drug storage vial and the vitreous biopsy specimen. The endophthalmitis was not controlled by IV and intravitreal amphotericin B. Pathological examination revealed fungal abscesses in the vitreous and subretinal space.

Entities:  

Mesh:

Substances:

Year:  1983        PMID: 6418052

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0003-4886


  7 in total

Review 1.  Aspergillus endophthalmitis: a clinical and experimental study.

Authors:  A A Aziz; J D Bullock; T W McGuire; B L Elder; J W Funkhouser
Journal:  Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc       Date:  1992

2.  Retinal and choroidal infarction from Aspergillus: clinical diagnosis and clinicopathologic correlations.

Authors:  L M Jampol; S Dyckman; V Maniates; M Tso; M Daily; R O'Grady
Journal:  Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc       Date:  1988

Review 3.  Factors affecting the efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of experimental postoperative endophthalmitis.

Authors:  G A Stern
Journal:  Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc       Date:  1993

4.  A comparative clinicopathologic study of endogenous mycotic endophthalmitis: variations in clinical and histopathologic changes in candidiasis compared to aspergillosis.

Authors:  N A Rao; A Hidayat
Journal:  Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc       Date:  2000

5.  Electroretinograms in early fungal endophthalmitis.

Authors:  V K Jain; W W Dawson; H M Engel; M L Rubin
Journal:  Doc Ophthalmol       Date:  1988-07       Impact factor: 2.379

6.  Successful treatment of exogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis: a case report.

Authors:  P C Ho; F I Tolentino; A S Baker
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1984-06       Impact factor: 4.638

7.  Endogenous Candida albicans infection causing subretinal abscess.

Authors:  Toshikatsu Kaburaki; Mitsuko Takamoto; Fumiyuki Araki; Yujiro Fujino; Miyuki Nagahara; Hidetoshi Kawashima; Jiro Numaga
Journal:  Int Ophthalmol       Date:  2009-04-10       Impact factor: 2.031

  7 in total

北京卡尤迪生物科技股份有限公司 © 2022-2023.