[Post traumatic ocular mycosis due to Penicillium oxalicum.].
An ocular fungal infection in a 33 year-old man is reported. The patient had a traumatic corneal ulcer with subsequent abscess and perforation. Antibiotics were administered at the beginning of the treatment. Two successive conjunctival flaps were performed but were unsuccessful, followed by a corneal transplant with unfavorable outcome and the appearance of endophthalmitis. Material from the vitreous and corneal ulcer margins was obtained and Penicillium oxalicum Currie & Thom was isolated in the Mycology laboratory. Local and systemic antifungal therapy was unsuccessful and the eyeball was enucleated.
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Catedra de Parasitología y Micología, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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