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01-02-2012 | Case Report

Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis: first case in North America

Authors: Diego G. Espinosa-Heidmann, Brian D. McMillan, P. Rocco Lasala, Jonathan Stanley, Cristoforo R. Larzo

Published in: International Ophthalmology | Issue 1/2012

Abstract

To report an unusual case of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis due to Candida dubliniensis. Interventional case report of a 27-year-old immunocompetent male with loss of vision, dense vitritis, and chorioretinal infiltrates, who underwent a diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy. Microbiology cultures obtained by a diagnostic vitrectomy were positive for the growth of C. dubliniensis. This infectious process was then appropriately treated with intravitreal amphotericin B and systemic fluconazole with resolution of the endophthalmitis. Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis is a condition that can masquerade other more common causes of endophthalmitis. Atypical cases of endophthalmitis may benefit from diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy for prompt diagnosis and treatment.

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Title: Candida dubliniensis endophthalmitis: first case in North America
Authors: Diego G. Espinosa-Heidmann
Brian D. McMillan
P. Rocco Lasala
Jonathan Stanley
Cristoforo R. Larzo
Publication date: 01-02-2012
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Ophthalmology / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0165-5701
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2630
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-011-9499-8

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