We report the first documented case of a posttraumatic fungal keratitis caused by Neosartorya udagawae. The patient was empirically treated with fluconazole until a corneal scraping grew an Aspergillus fumigatus-like fungus, and itraconazole therapy was then established. A sequence-based approach assigned the isolate to the species. Five months after completion of antifungal therapy, endophthalmitis occurred and orbital exenteration was necessary.
Posteraro, B., Mattei, R., Trivella, F., Maffei, A., Torre, A., De Carolis, E., Posteraro, P., Fadda, G., Sanguinetti, M., Uncommon Neosartorya udagawae fungus as a causative agent of severe corneal infection, <<JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY>>, 2011; 49 (6): 2357-2360. [doi:10.1128/JCM.00134-11] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/3136]
Uncommon Neosartorya udagawae fungus as a causative agent of severe corneal infection
Posteraro, Brunella;De Carolis, Elena;Fadda, Giovanni;Sanguinetti, Maurizio
2011
Abstract
We report the first documented case of a posttraumatic fungal keratitis caused by Neosartorya udagawae. The patient was empirically treated with fluconazole until a corneal scraping grew an Aspergillus fumigatus-like fungus, and itraconazole therapy was then established. A sequence-based approach assigned the isolate to the species. Five months after completion of antifungal therapy, endophthalmitis occurred and orbital exenteration was necessary.
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