Endogenous mycotic endophthalmitis in an infant
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H Deconinck1, J Libert, D Biarent
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles.
Bulletin De La Societe Belge D'Ophtalmologie
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
We report a case of atypical bilateral endogenous mycotic endophthalmitis in an infant. A diagnostic vitrectomy was done on the left eye. Electron microscope examination of the vitreous demonstrated fungal mycelia. Intravenous treatment with amphotericin B seemed effective for treating the infection of the right eye, but a vitrectomy was necessary to prevent deprivation amblyopia and retinal traction, secondary to persistence of a dense vitreous membrane.