[Candida chorioretinitis in drug addicts. Apropos of 2 cases].
We report two cases of candidal chorioretinitis occurring to two friends who abused of intravenous crack using the same syringe . An endophthalmitis "a minima" due to a therapeutic delay arose in one patient, when a rare spontaneous healing happened to the second patient. In both cases, an epiretinal membrane is noted after the lesions scarred. Ocular candidal infection is a typical complication occurring to intravenous drug addicts. The visual prognosis depends not only on early diagnosis and treatment, but also on a strict follow-up because late complications are frequent in spite of the healing of initial lesions.
Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000209:etiology*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000209:etiology; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000209:etiology*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016485:Needle Sharing; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine
Choriorétinite candidosique chez les toxicomanes. A propos de 2 cas.