Subretinal Candida albicans abscesses responsive to oral voriconazole.
OBJECTIVE
To report findings in a patient with bilateral Candida albicans subretinal abscesses responsive to oral voriconazole.


METHODS
Retrospective, case report.


RESULTS
A 62-year-old woman presented with bilateral C albicans subretinal abscesses secondary to chronic immunosuppression. The abscesses responded to oral voriconazole and resolved completely within 4 months of initial presentation.


CONCLUSIONS
This case illustrates that oral voriconazole may be effective in the treatment of large subretinal abscesses in an immunocompromised patient. Additionally, this report suggests that a subretinal aspirate may have greater diagnostic sensitivity than a vitreous specimen in eyes with infectious subretinal abscesses.
From the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Tony H
TH
Huynh
Mark W
MW
Johnson
Richard E
RE
Hackel