Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex
Purpose: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex Methods: Case report Results: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeu...
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| author | Mahmood J. Showail Julianne V. Kus George Kar Tsui Hall F. Chew |
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| description | Purpose: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex
Methods: Case report
Results: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeutic corneal transplant was performed after perforation. At two years follow up, she was free of infection.
Conclusion: Metarhizium anisopliae is a very rare cause of keratitis. Although previous reported cases showed clinical improvement with antifungal agents, this case required surgical treatment to control the infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80c077929dbe4a7bbf24a5df357a49422022-12-21T18:47:24ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392017-09-0117C283010.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.003Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complexMahmood J. Showail0Julianne V. Kus1George Kar Tsui2Hall F. Chew3The Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, 340 College Street, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 3A9Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, CanadaPublic Health Ontario Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, 340 College Street, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 3A9Purpose: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex Methods: Case report Results: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeutic corneal transplant was performed after perforation. At two years follow up, she was free of infection. Conclusion: Metarhizium anisopliae is a very rare cause of keratitis. Although previous reported cases showed clinical improvement with antifungal agents, this case required surgical treatment to control the infection.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300337KeratitisFungal infectionMetarhizium |
| spellingShingle | Mahmood J. Showail Julianne V. Kus George Kar Tsui Hall F. Chew Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex Medical Mycology Case Reports Keratitis Fungal infection Metarhizium |
| title | Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex |
| title_full | Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex |
| title_fullStr | Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex |
| title_short | Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex |
| title_sort | fungal keratitis caused by metarhizium anisopliae complex |
| topic | Keratitis Fungal infection Metarhizium |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300337 |
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