TY - JOUR
T1 - Scleral buckle infection with Pseudallescheria boydii
AU - Law, Janice C.
AU - Breazzano, Mark P.
AU - Eliott, Dean
N1 - Funding Information:
Originally submitted February 21, 2017. Revision received February 21, 2017. Accepted for publication March 1, 2017. Dr. Eliott has received personal fees from Alcon, Alimera, Allergan, Dutch Ophthalmic, Ophthotech, and Santen for ad hoc consulting, as well as a grant from Neurotech, outside the submitted work. The remaining authors report no relevant financial disclosures. Address correspondence to Dean Eliott, MD, Associate Director, Retina Service/Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114; email: Dean_Eliott@meei.harvard.edu. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20170802-12
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - Pseudallescheria boydii is a ubiquitous fungus that infects soft tissues and is known to cause ocular disease, including keratitis and endophthalmitis, in rare cases. In immunocompromised hosts, P. boydii can disseminate to or from the eye and other organs with lethal consequences. Postoperative P. boydii infections have, in rare cases, complicated several types of ocular surgeries in immunocompetent patients, but never for a scleral buckle. The authors present the first case of an infected scleral buckle from P. boydii.
AB - Pseudallescheria boydii is a ubiquitous fungus that infects soft tissues and is known to cause ocular disease, including keratitis and endophthalmitis, in rare cases. In immunocompromised hosts, P. boydii can disseminate to or from the eye and other organs with lethal consequences. Postoperative P. boydii infections have, in rare cases, complicated several types of ocular surgeries in immunocompetent patients, but never for a scleral buckle. The authors present the first case of an infected scleral buckle from P. boydii.
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U2 - 10.3928/23258160-20170802-12
DO - 10.3928/23258160-20170802-12
M3 - Article
C2 - 28810045
AN - SCOPUS:85027963615
SN - 2325-8160
VL - 48
SP - 676
EP - 678
JO - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
JF - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
IS - 8
ER -