Recalcitrant Endogenous Trichosporon Endophthalmitis in 2 Immunocompromised Patients

Endogenous Aeromonas Hydrophila Endophthalmitis in an Immunocompromised Patient

PURPOSE To report a case of endogenous endophthalmitis due to Aeromonas hydrophila in a patient with distal common bile duct carcinoma and biliary sepsis. METHODS A 72-year-old woman with distal common bile duct carcinoma, obstructive jaundice, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension had a 1-day history of blurred vision, redness, and eye discharges in the right eye. An ophthalmic examination sho...

Postoperative endophthalmitis due to Trichosporon cutaneum.

A rare case of endogenous Aspergillus conicus endophthalmitis in an immunocompromised patient

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to report the case of a patient with bilateral panuveitis who was found to have a rarely reported intraocular fungus, Aspergillus conicus. A 40-year-old man presented with gradual vision loss in both eyes. He had bilateral anterior uveitis, granulomatous vitritis with a preretinal granuloma in the right eye, and nongranulomatous vitritis with two quadran...

Intravitreal Daptomycin for Recalcitrant Postoperative Endophthalmitis

PURPOSE To report the first case to our knowledge of intravitreal daptomycin used to successfully treat culture-negative vancomycin resistant to exogenous endophthalmitis. METHODS Case report with preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative findings. RESULTS A 63-year-old Caucasian male underwent routine pars plana vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane peeling. He developed acute postoper...

Endogenous Phialemonium curvatum endophthalmitis.

PURPOSE To report a case of bilateral endogenous Phialemonium curvatum endophthalmitis, secondary to intrapenile injections for erectile dysfunction. DESIGN Observational case report. METHODS A 71-year-old man with P. curvatum endocarditis and bilateral decreased vision was diagnosed as having bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis. P. curvatum was identified in cultures that were performed o...