Recalcitrant Beauveria bassiana keratitis: Confocal microscopy findings and treatment with posaconazole (Noxafil)

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1008-1010

  Tu, Elmer Y ^a   Park, Anna J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Wheaton Eye Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin; Bassiana; Beauveria; Capsofungin; Confocal microscopy; Keratitis; Natamycin; Posaconazole; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CAPSOFUNGIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SCOPOLAMINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIFLURIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMYCOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BEAUVERIA; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 34548258390     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3180de4953     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Gurcan S, Tugrul HM, Yoruk Y, et al. First case report of empyema caused by Beauveria bassiana. Mycoses. 2006;49:246-248.
2. Kisla TA, Cu-Unjieng A, Sigler L, et al. Medical management of Beauveria bassiana keratitis. Cornea. 2000;19:405-406.
3. Low CD, Badenoch PR, Coster DJ. Beauveria bassiana keratitis cured by deep lamellar dissection. Cornea. 1997;16:698-699.
4. Sachs SW, Baum J, Mies C. Beauvaria bassiana keratitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 1985;69:548-550.
5. Henke MO, De Hoog GS, Gross U, et al. Human deep tissue infection with an entomopathogenic Beauveria species. J Clin Microbiol. 2002;40:2698-2702.
6. Tu EY, McCartney DL, Beatty RF, et al. Successful treatment of resistant ocular fusariosis with posaconazole (SCH-56592). Am J Ophthalmol. 2007;143:222-227.
7. Sponsel WE, Graybill JR, Nevarez HL, et al. Ocular and systemic posaconazole(SCH-56592) treatment of invasive Fusarium solani keratitis and endophthalmitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002;86:829-830.
8. Giaconi JA, Marangon FB, Miller D, et al. Voriconazole and fungal keratitis: a report of two treatment failures. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2006;22:437-439.
9. Ullmann AJ, Lipton JH, Vesole DH, et al. Posaconazole or fluconazole for prophylaxis in severe graft-versus-host disease. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:335-347.
10. Tucker DL, Beresford CH, Sigler L, et al. Disseminated Beauveria bassiana infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42:5412-5414.
11. Holder DJ, Keyhani NO. Adhesion of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana to substrata. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005;71:5260-5266.