Panophthalmitis due to rhizopus in an AIDS patient: a clinicopathological study.
Various opportunistic infections in the eye have been reported earlier in AIDS. We report a case of panophthalmitis in an AIDS patient where the eviscerated tissue on histopathologic and microbiologic examination showed the fungus Rhizopus.
Samanta
T K
TK
Medical and Vision Research Foundation, YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Chennai, India.
Biswas
J
J
Gopal
L
L
Kumarasamy
N
N
Solomon
S
S
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D017234:Eye Evisceration; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006678:HIV; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010202:Panophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000302:isolation & purification*