Co-infection of the human cornea with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Aspergillus fumigatus.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of corneal co-infection of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Aspergillus fumigatus.


METHODS
We describe a culture and biopsy proven infectious keratitis with a large, brown, round anterior chamber mass attached to the endothelium.


RESULTS
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was cultured from external scrapings of a corneal ulcer and septate hyphae were stained with Gomori's methenamine silver(GMS) stain along the wall of the excised intracameral mass. Aspergillus fumigatus was cultured from the mass and pus pockets developed along the corneoscleral incision for removal of the mass.


CONCLUSIONS
Co-infection of cornea with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Aspergillus fumigatus with existence of a large, brown, smooth-surfaced mass in the anterior chamber makes this case unique and interesting.
Department of Ophthalmology, Ulsan University School of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. bjcho@amc.seoul.kr
Beom-Jin
BJ
Cho
Geun-Jang
GJ
Lee
Seung-Yeun
SY
Ha
Yiel-Hea
YH
Seo
Hungwon
H
Tchah
D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000628:therapy; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000628:therapy; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000628:therapy; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014605:Uveitis / Q000382:microbiology*