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Published on: February 6, 2021
Endogenous Exophiala dermatitidis endophthalmitis
Manuela Gutierrez-Velez1, Amber Hoang1, Jessica Weinstein1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Purpose:
To report a case of endogenous Exophiala dermatitidis endophthalmitis.
Observations:
An immunosuppressed patient with a history of hairy cell leukemia undergoing chemotherapy presents with rapidly progressing panophthalmitis. The patient was treated medically without improvement and underwent a pars plana vitrectomy which showed multiple retinal abscesses. Vitreous fluid cultures grew a rare fungal organism, Exophiala dermatitidis.
Conclusions And Importance:
This is the first reported case of E. dermatitidis causing endogenous endophthalmitis. Rare fungal organisms can present with rapid progression to panophthalmitis in immunocompromised hosts.
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