title: Confirmed Candida albicans endogenous fungal endophthalmitis in a patient with chronic candidiasis.
abstract: We present a case of a confirmed Candida albicans endogenous endophthalmitis in a 35-year-old diabetic white female patient with a long standing history of severe chronic vaginal C. albicans infection. The patient had recently undergone ureteric stenting and received intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics for renal stones complicated by urinary sepsis. Pan-fungal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of vitreous aspirate confirmed the presence of C. albicans. Samples showed no microbial growth.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Service, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LZ, UK ; Department of Ophthalmology, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LZ, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LZ, UK.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Service, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LZ, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Mycology Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Microbiology Services, Bristol BS2 8EL, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Service, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LZ, UK ; School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mühlschlegel
keywords: Amphotericin B; Candida albicans; Diabetes mellitus; Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis; Vaginal candidiasis; Yeasts