Exophiala Keratitis following Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

Ana Marta; Paula Costa; Virgínia Lopes; Miguel Mesquita Neves; Miguel Gomes; Luís Oliveira

doi:10.1155/2020/8872465

Exophiala Keratitis following Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2020 Oct 29:2020:8872465. doi: 10.1155/2020/8872465. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Ana Marta¹, Paula Costa¹, Virgínia Lopes¹, Miguel Mesquita Neves¹, Miguel Gomes¹, Luís Oliveira¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Oporto, Portugal.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case with Exophiala spp. keratitis in a Portuguese patient.

Methods: A case report with deep corneal brown-pigmented infiltrates that developed 2 months after a Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) for pseudophakic bullous keratopathy.

Results: Diagnosis was established by positive direct examination and cultures from the surgically obtained corneal button. Slit-lamp images and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) scans were obtained.

Conclusion: This is the first described case of fungal keratitis caused by Exophiala spp. in Portugal and, to our knowledge, the first case following DSAEK in the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports