ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2016
Recurrent Fungal Keratitis and Blepharitis Caused by Aspergillus flavus.
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- The Role of Biofilms in Contact Lens Associated Fungal Keratitis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Eye fungal infections: a mini review.Archives of microbiology · 2023Review
- The Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Its Effect on the Infectious Eye Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Cancers · 2022Article
- Determination of probability of causative pathogen in infectious keratitis using deep learning algorithm of slit-lamp images.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- First case of fungal keratitis due toCurrent medical mycology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Aspergillus species produces a wide spectrum of fungal diseases like endophthalmitis and fungal keratitis ophthalmologically, but there has been no report about blepharitis caused by Aspergilus flavus to date. Herein, we report a 61-year-old ethnic Han Taiwanese male who had suffered from pain with burning and foreign body sensation after an insect bite on his left eye. Specimens from bilateral eyelids suggested infection of A. flavus, whereas corneal scraping showed the presence of Gram-negative bacteria. He was admitted for treatment of infectious keratitis with topical antibiotic and antifungal eye drops. Two weeks after discharge, recurrent blepharitis and keratitis of A. flavus was diagnosed microbiologically. Another treatment course of antifungal agent was resumed in the following 6 months, without further significant symptoms in the following 2 years. Collectively, it is possible for A. flavus to induce concurrent keratitis and blepharitis, and combined treatment of keratitis as well as blepharitis is advocated for as long as 6 months to ensure no recurrence.
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