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Case Reports
. 1983 May;15(5):470-2, 74-6.

Aspergillus endophthalmitis in an intravenous drug user

S S Wilmarth, D R May, A M Roth, R J Cole, S Nolan, E Goldstein
  • PMID: 6418052
Case Reports

Aspergillus endophthalmitis in an intravenous drug user

S S Wilmarth et al. Ann Ophthalmol. 1983 May.

Abstract

A 27-year-old male drug user administered methamphetamine hydrochloride solution intravenously (IV) from a storage vial. Within two weeks he was admitted with a fungal endophthalmitis of the right eye. A diagnostic and therapeutic vitrectomy was performed. Aspergillus fumigatus was cultured from the drug storage vial and the vitreous biopsy specimen. The endophthalmitis was not controlled by IV and intravitreal amphotericin B. Pathological examination revealed fungal abscesses in the vitreous and subretinal space.

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