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Disseminated Fusarium Infection Presenting as Bilateral Endogenous Endophthalmitis in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:702-703.
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Fusarium is a fungal pathogen that may cause local, as well as potentially fatal, systemic infection. Fusarium species are the most common cause of keratomycosis in the southeastern United States, and exogenous endophthalmitis is well documented in this patient population. Endogenous Fusarium endophthalmitis, however, is a rare condition with only a few cases reported.1-8 Almost all cases involve disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients, either owing to leukemia or other severe systemic conditions. The visual prognosis is poor and disease-related mortality is high despite local and systemic antifungal treatment. We describe a patient with a history of acute myeloid leukemia who developed bilateral visual loss secondary to endogenous Fusarium endophthalmitis. The patient was subsequently diagnosed as having disseminated fusariosis and died 5 days after she was first examined.
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A 70-year-old white woman was referred for evaluation for a 3-day history of visual loss. The medical history was significant for myelodysplastic syndrome . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Kourous A. Rezai, MD;
Dean Eliott, MD;
Oren Plous, MD;
Jose A. Vazquez, MD;
Gary W. Abrams, MD
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