Corneal phaeohyphomycosis caused by Wangiella dermatitidis.
A case is described of a corneal abscess of the left eye of a patient, male, 35 years, from which there was found in pure culture a mycotic micro-organism, Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis, determined also in the native preparation from the pus. The patient is feeble-minded, suffers from von Recklinghausen's disease and has an impairment of the immune system (above all the reduction of T lymphocytes).
Pospísil
L
L
Microbiological Laboratory, Clinic of Dermatovenerology, Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Skorkovská
S
S
Moster
M
M
D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005093:Exophiala / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D000935:Antifungal Agents