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Jeff K. Gregory, MD; Julia A. Haller, MD
Baltimore, Md

Arch Ophthalmol. 1992;110(12):1686-1687.

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Rhodotorula is a ubiquitous, airborne, asporogenous yeast that has been cultured from food, air, soil, water, gastrointestinal tracts, and skin. This normally nonpathogenic organism has produced occasional infections in patients with serious underlying illnesses.¹ It is a rare saprophyte of the conjunctiva, cultured, in one study, from only one of 304 healthy eyes, and isolated from three eyes of 313 patients with chronic external infections.² We report a case of endophthalmitis due to Rhodotorula.

Report of a Case.

—A 71-year-old-white woman with atrophic age-related macular degeneration was referred to us 4 months after cataract surgery with chronic inflammation in the left eye. She developed epiphora, photophobia, and erythema 2 months after uncomplicated surgery in the left eye. She was treated with topical steroids, and her condition initially improved. However, the symptoms recurred after a few weeks. Several relapses had been treated with increasing topical steroid dosages. Four months . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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