Nontraumatic keratomycosis caused by Alternaria in a glaucoma patient.
A case of keratomycosis caused by Alternaria species in a patient with glaucoma is reported. A 55-year-old Japanese man who had been followed for developmental glaucoma presented with corneal ulcer in his right eye, which did not respond to antibacterial agents. There was no history of traumatic episode. Culture on potato dextrose agar from corneal scraping yielded Alternaria species. Topical amphotericin B treatment achieved recovery from ulceration although the corneal opacity remained.
Usui
Tomohiko
T
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. tomohiko-tky@umin.ac.jp
Misawa
Yoshiki
Y
Honda
Norihiko
N
Tomidokoro
Atsuo
A
Yamagami
Satoru
S
Amano
Shiro
S
D000528:Alternaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000935:Antifungal Agents
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