[Intraocular Candida albicans infection].
The article discusses three patients with an intraocular Candida albicans-infection. Vitrectomy was performed on two patients in whom the infection occurred after abdominal surgery. Both had significant corpus vitreum involvement. One of these patients regained good visual acuity, while in the other patient preretinal proliferation caused permanently reduced vision. The third patient had only chorioretinal involvement. After intracranial surgery for acusticus neurinoma his general condition deteriorated and he developed septicemia. He was treated with intravenous amphotericin B and visual acuity returned to normal. Early diagnosis and treatment are important for satisfactorily preservation of vision. Therefore patients in risk groups with ocular complaints should be referred immediately to an ophthalmologist. Early diagnostic and therapeutic vitrectomy should be considered for all patients with suspected vitreous involvement.
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Oyeavdelingen, Haukeland sykehus, Bergen.
D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
Intraokulaer Candida albicans-infeksjon.