title: Post operative fungal endopthalmitis due to Geotrichum candidum.
abstract: Geotrichum species have been rarely reported as the cause of sepsis, disseminated infection in immunosuppressed patients. The patient we describe developed indolent endophthalmitis four months after her routine right eye cataract surgery. The intraoperative sample from right vitreous fluid grew Geotrichum candidum. The patient underwent vitrectomy, artificial lens explantation and intravitreal injection of amphotericin B followed by oral voriconazole. Despite these interventions, she underwent enucleation. This is the first published case of Geotrichum candidum endophthalmitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Kentucky, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Thein
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Myint
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kentucky, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dykhuizen
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Kentucky, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Kentucky, KY, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ribes
keywords: Endophthalmitis; Geotrichum candidum