Diagnosis and treatment of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-136

  Williams, Michael A ^a,b   McMullan, Ronan ^a   Hedderwick, Sara ^a   Mulholland, David A ^a   Best, Richard M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal endophthalmitis; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33344461850     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090580     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Kostick DA, Foster RE, Lowder CY, Meyers SM, McHenry MC: Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Candida albicans in a healthy woman (letter). Am J Ophthalmol 1992;113: 593-595.
2. Donahue SP, Greven CM, Zuravleff JJ, Eller AW, Nguyen MH, Peacock JE Jr, Wagener MW, Yu VL: Intraocular candidiasis in patients with candidemia. Ophthalmology 1994;101:1302-1309.
3. Scherer WJ, Lee K: Implications of early systemic therapy on the incidence of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis. Ophthalmology 1997;104:1593-1598.
4. Rhee DJ, Pyfer MF: The Wills Eye Manual, ed 3. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999, p 429.
5. O'Day DM, Foulds G, Williams TE, Robinson RD, Allen RH, Head WS: Ocular uptake of fluconazole following oral administration. Arch Ophthalmol 1990;108:1006-1008.
6. Dellon AL, Stark WJ, Chretien PB: Spontaneous resolution of endogeneous Candida endophthalmitis complicating intravenous hyperalimentation. Am J Ophthalmol 1975;79:648-654.
7. Menezes AV, Sigesmund DA, Demajo WA, Devenyi RG: Mortality of hospitalised patients with Candida endophthalmitis. Arch Int Med 1994;154:2093-2097.
8. Isobe Y, Hatano H: Study of suppressive effect of intravenous fluconazole on endogeneous Candida endophthalmitis in rabbits. Jpn J Ophthalmol 1992;36:23-27.
9. Cheng CK, Yang CH, Hsueh PR, Liu CM, Lu HY: Vitrectomy with fluconazole infusion: retinal toxicity, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy in the treatment of experimental candidal endophthalmitis. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2004;20:430-438.
10. Schulum JA, Peyman GA: Intravitreal corticosteroids as an adjunct in the treatment of bacterial and fungal endophthalmitis. Retina 1992;12:336-340.