Scedosporium prolificans sclerokeratitis 10 years after pterygium excision with adjunctive mitomycin C

Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2005 Aug;33(4):433-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01045.x.

Abstract

Scedosporium prolificans is an unusual infection, especially following pterygium surgery. A 63-year-old man who developed an uncomfortable, red right eye 10 years after pterygium surgery with adjunctive mitomycin C is described. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of S. prolificans sclerokeratitis following pterygium surgery with adjunctive mitomycin C.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / diagnosis
  • Keratitis / drug therapy
  • Keratitis / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage*
  • Mycetoma / diagnosis
  • Mycetoma / drug therapy
  • Mycetoma / microbiology*
  • Naphthalenes / therapeutic use
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Pterygium / drug therapy
  • Pterygium / surgery*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Scedosporium / isolation & purification*
  • Scleritis / diagnosis
  • Scleritis / drug therapy
  • Scleritis / microbiology*
  • Terbinafine
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Naphthalenes
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Mitomycin
  • Amphotericin B
  • Terbinafine
  • Voriconazole