A rare case of Exophiala dermatitidis graft infection-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A rare case of Exophiala dermatitidis graft infection

Published:2023 Issue:3 Volume:3 Page:671-672
ISSN:2772-3070
Container-title:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology - Case Reports
language:en
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Author:

Beniwal Abhijeet¹,Manumuraleekrishna ¹,Das Amit Kumar¹,Ahmed Nishat Hussain²,Rathod Prachala²,Tandon Radhika¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Opthalmology, RP Centre of Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

2. Department of Ocular Microbiology, RP Centre of Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Abstract

We report Exophiala dermatitidis graft infection in a 49-year-old female patient post penetrating keratoplasty. Microscopically, the slide culture showed abundant single-celled, oval, light-brown yeast-like cells that were arranged in chains. Also, a few septate hyphae with annelids bearing ellipsoidal conidia along with terminal and intercalary phialides were seen. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such reported case in India. The infection was recalcitrant, and ultimately, visual recovery was not successful.

Publisher

Medknow

Subject

General Medicine

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