A 10-year-old immunocompetent girl with endogenous fungal endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of the literature

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan;32(1):89-94. doi: 10.1177/11206721211037825. Epub 2021 Aug 18.

Abstract

Endogenous Endophthalmitis (EE) is a rare cause of blindness in the pediatric age group and this may account for the paucity of management guidelines in the literature. In this report, we describe our experience with a 10-year-old immunocompetent female who developed EE and became blind because of rapidly progressive and destructive inflammatory changes in her eye in spite of seemingly timely treatment.

Keywords: Aspergillus infection; Endophthalmitis; endogenous fungal endophthalmitis; fungal orbital infection; pediatric endophthalmitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blindness
  • Child
  • Endophthalmitis* / diagnosis
  • Endophthalmitis* / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Fungal* / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Fungal* / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Fungi
  • Humans