Post Operative Fungal Endopthalmitis Due to Geotrichum candidum

Authors

Thein Myint, University of KentuckyFollow
Matthew J. Dykhuizen, University of KentuckyFollow
Carolyn H. McDonald, University of KentuckyFollow
Julie A. Ribes, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

Geotrichum species have been rarely reported as the cause of sepsis, disseminated infection in immunosuppressed patients. The patient we describe developed indolent endophthalmitis four months after her routine right eye cataract surgery. The intraoperative sample from right vitreous fluid grew Geotrichum candidum. The patient underwent vitrectomy, artificial lens explantation and intravitreal injection of amphotericin B followed by oral voriconazole. Despite these interventions, she underwent enucleation. This is the first published case of Geotrichum candidum endophthalmitis.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2015

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports, v. 10, p. 4-6.

Crown Copyright © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.11.001

Repository Citation

Myint, Thein; Dykhuizen, Matthew J.; McDonald, Carolyn H.; and Ribes, Julie A., "Post Operative Fungal Endopthalmitis Due to Geotrichum candidum" (2015). Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications. 79.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/microbio_facpub/79