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Case Reports
. 1986 Nov-Dec;8(6):955-8.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/8.6.955.

Endogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis

P Roney, C C Barr, C H Chun, M J Raff
Case Reports

Endogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis

P Roney et al. Rev Infect Dis. 1986 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous-narcotic abuse presented with signs and symptoms suggesting fungal endophthalmitis. He underwent core vitrectomy with intravitreal injection of amphotericin B. Aspergillus flavus grew from cultures of the vitreous aspirate. There was no evidence of extraocular infection, and the patient was treated postoperatively with subconjunctival amphotericin B and oral flucytosine. Unlike previously reported cases of endogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis in drug abusers, the patient described here recovered normal visual acuity.

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