title: Ocular aspergillosis: Obtaining a specimen is crucial for diagnosis. A report of three cases.
abstract: Aspergillus species have been implicated in a wide variety of primary ocular conditions, characterized by either slow and asymptomatic infection, or rapid, uncontrollable progression and sometimes death. The study design is a case series including chronic asymptomatic dacryocystitis, dacryocystitis with dacryoliths and endogenous endophthalmitis. Due to this variable clinical presentation of aspergillosis a high level of suspicion must be maintained as fulminant aspergillosis may lead to a rapidly progressive infection which may result in death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arzu Taskiran
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Comez
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Komur
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akcali
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17020, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muserref Tatman
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Otkun
keywords: Aspergillus; Dacryocystitis; Endophthalmitis; Ocular aspergillosis