ALLMedicine™ Fungal Endophthalmitis Center

Mar 26th, 2022 - To report a case of atypical endogenous fungal endophthalmitis caused by Candida rugosa, a rare species of non-albicans Candida. This report describes a case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with reduced visual acuity in the right eye in addit...

Feb 25th, 2022 - To assess the diagnostic utility of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) in ocular fluid of patients with fungal endophthalmitis. This prospective pilot single-center study evaluated aqueous and vitreous humor BDG levels of suspected fungal endophthalmitis, bac...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Endophthamitis following intraocular surgery is rare using current antiseptic techniques, such as single application of 5% povidone-iodine to the ocular surface and adjuvant topical or intracameral antibiotics. Challenges remain, however, includin...

Aug 19th, 2021 - Endogenous Endophthalmitis (EE) is a rare cause of blindness in the pediatric age group and this may account for the paucity of management guidelines in the literature. In this report, we describe our experience with a 10-year-old immunocompetent ...

Jul 16th, 2021 - To report the clinical features and management outcomes of mixed fungal and bacterial endophthalmitis. Retrospective, consecutive non-comparative case series. Fifteen eyes of 15 patients were included from January 2009 to December 2019 with cultur...

Jan 15th, 2014 - Two concurrent multistate outbreaks of fungal endophthalmitis have been linked to intraocular use of contaminated products labeled as sterile from a single compounding pharmacy, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) repor...

Jan 15th, 2014 - Two concurrent multistate outbreaks of fungal endophthalmitis have been linked to intraocular use of contaminated products labeled as sterile from a single compounding pharmacy, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) repor...

Mar 19th, 2012 - March 19, 2012 — Four lots of Brilliant Blue G (BBG) ophthalmic solution that were dispensed from a pharmacy in Florida directly to ophthalmologists have been recalled because of reports of fungal endophthalmitis associated with the use of BBG in ...

Mar 19th, 2012 - March 19, 2012 — Four lots of Brilliant Blue G (BBG) ophthalmic solution that were dispensed from a pharmacy in Florida directly to ophthalmologists have been recalled because of reports of fungal endophthalmitis associated with the use of BBG in ...

Contaminated Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Several outbreaks of endophthalmitis have been reported to have occurred in the United States. In Nashville, TN, 4 of 18 patients administered bevacizumab in late March 2011 at the VA developed endophthal...