title: Two rare cases of Acremonium acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in a tertiary care hospital.
abstract: This report describes two cases of Acremonium sp. endophthalmitis, occurring in two patients who underwent cataract surgery on the same day in the same operating room of our hospital ophthalmology clinic. Diagnosis of fungal endophthalmitis was established by the repeated isolation of the same fungal agent from vitreous washing, acqueous fluid and intraocular lens samples and by its identification on the basis of morphological and molecular features. The cases reported in this study emphasize the need for clinical microbiology laboratories to be prepared to face the diagnosis of uncommon infectious diseases such as exogenous fungal endophthalmitis by Acremonium, and to enhance the awareness of surgeons and clinicians of this occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Microbiology and Virology, University of Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calderaro
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larini
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gorrini
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piscopo
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benecchi
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Arcangeletti
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Medici
authors.forename: Flora
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Conto
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montecchini
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scaroni
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gandolfi
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chezzi
mesh_terms: D000164:Acremonium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D063128:Tertiary Health Care