Bilateral endogenous ophthalmitis due to Candida glabrata after complicated bariatric surgery

Description

[e-mail] / Case report: A 43-year-old female presented with decreased visual acuity in the right eye.“Snowball-like” retinal lesions were found in both eyes on examination. Due to a lackof improvement with intravitreal antifungal empirical treatment, vitreous culture wasperformed and Candida glabrata was isolated. The patient then received intravitreal ampho-tericin B, as well as systemic treatment with caspofungin and amphotericin B lipid complex.Discussion: Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis is a sight-threatening condition. There arefew reports of C. glabrata endogenous endophthalmitis. Treatment regimens for Candidaendophthalmitis include combinations of systemic and/or intravitreal antifungals, as wellas vitrectomy.

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1. Pizango O, Tejeda E, Buendia M, Lujan S. Bilateral endogenous ophthalmitis due to Candida glabrata after complicated bariatric surgery. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [Internet]. SEGO; 2014;89(7):282–5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24485524
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/347088
3. Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología

Tags

Infectious endophthalmitis

Candida glabrata

Vitrectomy

Intravitreal injections

Bariatric surgery

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/347088
Date	24 March 2015
Creators	Pizango, O., Tejeda, E., Buendia, M., Lujana, S.
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
Source Sets	Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format	application/pdf
Source	Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC
Rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relation	http://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-archivos-sociedad-espanola-oftalmologia-296-resumen-endoftalmitis-endogena-bilateral-por-icandida-90333473