ArticleMycopathologia2014
Outbreak of fungal endophthalmitis due to Fusarium oxysporum following cataract surgery.
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- Exogenous Fusarium Endophthalmitis: Clinical Features, Treatment Modalities, and Visual Outcomes.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Aspergillus endophthalmitis early post-phacoemulsification: a case of failed salvage.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Bilateral Aspergillus endophthalmitis following cataract surgery: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge-a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Fungal Endophthalmitis Caused byInfection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Infection prevention and control factors associated with post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis - a review of the literature from 2010 - 2023.Infection prevention in practice · 2024Review
- Invasive fusariosis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2023Review
- Outbreaks of Fungal Infections in Hospitals: Epidemiology, Detection, and Management.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Genomic Features and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Streptococcus sp. v1. nov., Isolated from an Endophthalmitis Patient.Current microbiology · 2023Article
- Eye fungal infections: a mini review.Archives of microbiology · 2023Review
- Fungal Endophthalmitis Outbreak after Cataract Surgery, South Korea, 2020.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Update on Current Microbiological Techniques for Pathogen Identification in Infectious Endophthalmitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Endophthalmitis outbreak caused by Fusarium oxysporum after cataract surgery.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022Article
- Mycotic Keratitis-A Global Threat from the Filamentous Fungi.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Genomics-Based Identification of Microorganisms in Human Ocular Body Fluid.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Emerging issues, challenges, and changing epidemiology of fungal disease outbreaks.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2017Review
- Fusarium Keratitis in Germany.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2017Article
- Bacterial and Fungal Endophthalmitis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2017Review
- Isolated endogenousAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2017Article
- Time-Kill Kinetics and In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility of Non-fumigatus Aspergillus Species Isolated from Patients with Ocular Mycoses.Mycopathologia · 2016Article
- Risk of Fungal Endophthalmitis Associated with Cataract Surgery: A Mini-Review.Mycopathologia · 2015Review
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Abstract
Outbreak of exogenous Fusarium endophthalmitis after cataract surgery was evaluated. Twenty patients developed postoperative endophthalmitis. In 19 eyes, pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) was performed, in 14 cases (74 %) with primary intraocular lens explantation. In one case, the PPV was not performed because of poor general condition of the patient. Symptoms of endophthalmitis (damaged vision, iritis, tyndallization in anterior chamber, hypopyon) occurred at intervals of 16-79 days (mean 31.3 days). Fungal etiology was documented in 12 eyes (60 %). Fusarium oxysporum was evidenced by culture and/or microscopy and confirmed by PCR and sequencing analysis. Eighteen (90 %) patients were treated with oral voriconazole (400 mg/day) for a period of 4-6 weeks. The final visual acuity was 6/15 in 1 case (5 %), 6/60 and worse in 17 eyes (85 %), and in 2 cases (10 %), enucleation had to be performed. Viscoelastic filling material was suggested the most likely source of infection. Endophthalmitis caused by Fusarium spp. are a potentially big threat for patients with serious impact on vision. Successful management of the infection is highly dependent on early diagnosis including species identification and antifungal susceptibility testing, and on aggressive and long-term treatment.
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