Saha Suman, Sengupta Jayangshu, Chatterjee Debapriya, Banerjee Debdulal
Ocular Microbiology Laboratory Services, Priyamvada Birla Aravind Eye Hospital, 10 Loudon Street, Kolkata; Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2014 Mar;62(3):341-4. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.111133.
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa rarely cause keratitis in immunocompromised individuals. A 30 year old male with history of minor trauma presented with cotton wool like stromal infiltration and hypopyon in left eye. Microbiological examination of corneal scraping showed fungal hyphae and yeast cells in direct smear. Molecular identification of the organism was performed which showed 100% homology with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Management of these cases is difficult often necessitating surgical procedures. However further reports are necessary to understand the disease and establish a treatment protocol.
粘红酵母在免疫功能低下个体中很少引起角膜炎。一名有轻微外伤史的30岁男性左眼出现棉絮样基质浸润和前房积脓。角膜刮片的微生物学检查在直接涂片上显示有真菌菌丝和酵母细胞。对该生物体进行了分子鉴定，结果显示与粘红酵母有100%的同源性。这些病例的治疗很困难，常常需要手术治疗。然而，需要更多的报告来了解这种疾病并建立治疗方案。
