Aspergillus endophthalmitis after sutureless cataract surgery.
OBJECTIVE
We studied a case of Aspergillus endophthalmitis after sutureless cataract surgery.


METHODS
A patient underwent sutureless phacoemulsification complicated by a posterior capsular tear. She subsequently developed Aspergillus endophthalmitis. Amphotericin B was injected intravitreally at the time of repeat pars plana vitrectomy.


RESULTS
The eye was enucleated because of pain and poor response to treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
We recommend suturing the wound in any eye that has experienced a complication of surgery.
Oxford
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Pacific Ophthalmic Consultants, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco 94115, USA.
Abbott
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RL
Fung
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WE
Ellis
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B