[Successful treatment of Fusarium-associated keratitis with multiresistant pathogen and multimorbid patient]

Ophthalmologe. 2014 Mar;111(3):259-61. doi: 10.1007/s00347-013-2874-2.
[Article in German]

Abstract

A 75-year-old man (not a contact lens wearer) presented with Fusarium-associated hypopyon keratitis. After several weeks of empirical and subsequently targeted antimycotic treatment, no considerable improvement was observed. However, after sclerokeratoplasty (11.2 × 11.2 mm) combined with prolonged antimycotic therapy a good local result with relapse-free long-term follow-up was achieved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Corneal Transplantation / methods*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal
  • Fusariosis / diagnosis
  • Fusariosis / microbiology*
  • Fusariosis / therapy*
  • Fusarium
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / diagnosis
  • Keratitis / microbiology*
  • Keratitis / therapy*
  • Male
  • Scleroplasty / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents