Fungal keratitis caused by Podospora austroamericana: A first case report

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作者：

Rameshkumar, Gunasekaran ^{[1
]}

Ponlakshmi, Mariappan ^{[1
]}

Selvapandiyan, Appavu ^{[1
]}

Ramsudharsan, Ravindran ^{[2
]}

Krishnan, Raja Subramanian ^{[3
]}

Lalitha, Prajna ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Aravind Eye Hosp & Post Grad Inst Ophthalmol, Dept Ocular Microbiol, 1 Anna Nagar, Madurai 625020, Tamil Nadu, India

[2] Aravind Eye Hosp & Post Grad Inst Ophthalmol, Dept Intraocular Lens & Cataract Serv, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

[3] Aravind Eye Hosp & Post Grad Inst Ophthalmol, Dept Cornea & Refract Surg Serv, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2018年 / 36卷 / 04期

关键词：

DNA sequencing; keratitis; panophthalmitis; polymerase chain reaction; REVISION;

D O I：

10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_1

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

We report a case of keratitis caused by a rare fungus Podospora austroamericana. Clinical and microbiological evaluation of the corneal ulcer was done and the treatment outcome was studied. The fungus was grown from the corneal scraping, and it was identified as P. austroamericana based on DNA sequence and analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region. The patient was treated with topical azithromycin, natamycin and voriconazole. Despite maximum medical therapy, the ulcer progressed very rapidly and the patient developed panophthalmitis and evisceration of the eye had to be done. This is the first reported case of keratitis caused by P. austroamericana.

引用

页码：594 / 596

页数：3

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