Fusarium sacchari: a cause of exogenous fungal endophthalmitis: first case report and review of literature.
A case of exogenous fungal endophthalmitis due to Fusarium sacchari is being reported. It has never been reported in this clinical entity before; hence, to the best of our knowledge, this is first report of F. sacchari as a cause of exogenous fungal endophthalmitis and also the first time when this fungus has been isolated from an Indian patient.
Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh 160030, India. jchander@hotmail.com
Jagdish
J
Chander
Nidhi
N
Singla
Neelam
N
Gulati
Sunandan
S
Sood
D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure