Lagenidium sp. Ocular Infection Mimicking Ocular Pythiosis

Lagenidium sp. ocular infection mimicking ocular pythiosis.

This is a report of a Lagenidium sp. in a Thai patient who was diagnosed with severe keratitis that was unresponsive to antibacterial and antifungal drugs. Examination of a corneal biopsy specimen confirmed the presence of aseptate hyphae. The internal transcribed spacer DNA sequence of the strain isolated showed 97% identity with Lagenidium giganteum and other Lagenidium species.

Lagenidium sp . ocular infection mimicking ocular pythiosis 1

Usanee Reinprayoon*, Nitipong Permpalung*, Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, Rongpong Plongla, 2 Leonel Mendoza, Ariya Chindamporn 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 4 Thailand, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 6 Thailand, De...

Lagenidium sp . ocular infection mimicking ocular

Usanee Reinprayoon*, Nitipong Permpalung*, Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, Rongpong Plongla, 2 Leonel Mendoza, Ariya Chindamporn 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 4 Thailand, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 6 Thailand, De...

Ocular infection with an avian trematode (Philophthalmus sp).

Adult trematodes of the genus Philophthalmus that parasitize the conjunctival sac of birds can cause accidental human infection. Human philophthalmosis is rare, but isolated cases have been reported from several countries including Sri Lanka [1-6]. Adult flukes lay eggs that hatch on contact with water and develop in snail hosts. The emerging cercariae encyst on animate or inanimate objects in ...

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