Haider Asghar A, Gallagher J R, Johnson Jordan S, Benevento Joseph D
Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
Ochsner J. 2020 Fall;20(3):319-322. doi: 10.31486/toj.19.0043.
is an encapsulated yeast that can cause fungemia and, in rare instances, lead to endogenous fungal endophthalmitis. No standard of care has been established to treat fungal endophthalmitis when systemic antifungal treatment fails to resolve the intraocular infection. Intravitreal voriconazole has been used for the treatment of fungal endophthalmitis caused by a broad range of fungal pathogens, and a limited number of reports have shown the efficacy of using intravitreal voriconazole for endophthalmitis. We report a case of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis caused by that was responsive to intravitreal voriconazole. A previously healthy 57-year-old male diagnosed with primary neuroendocrine lung tumor developed endogenous endophthalmitis from . The endophthalmitis was resistant to intravenous amphotericin B treatment but was responsive to intravenous fluconazole in one eye and was apparently more responsive to intravitreal voriconazole in the other eye. Intravitreal voriconazole should be considered for the treatment of cryptococcal endophthalmitis.
是一种包膜酵母菌,可引起真菌血症,在极少数情况下,可导致内源性真菌性眼内炎。当全身抗真菌治疗未能解决眼内感染时,尚未确立治疗真菌性眼内炎的护理标准。玻璃体内注射伏立康唑已用于治疗由多种真菌病原体引起的真菌性眼内炎,少数报告显示使用玻璃体内注射伏立康唑治疗眼内炎的疗效。我们报告了一例由引起的内源性真菌性眼内炎,该病例对玻璃体内注射伏立康唑有反应。一名先前健康的57岁男性被诊断患有原发性神经内分泌肺癌,因感染而发生内源性眼内炎。眼内炎对静脉注射两性霉素B治疗耐药,但一只眼对静脉注射氟康唑有反应,另一只眼对玻璃体内注射伏立康唑显然更有反应。玻璃体内注射伏立康唑应被考虑用于治疗隐球菌性眼内炎。