Effect of voriconazole on a corneal abscess caused by fusarium
. Purpose: To describe a case of corneal abscess caused by Fusarium solani that did not respond to common antifungal agents. Method: Case report. Results: Twenty days after accidental contact with vegetation, a 56‐year‐old man presented with a corneal abscess. Corneal ulceration developed and a p...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2004-12, Vol.82 (6), p.762-764 |
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Purpose: To describe a case of corneal abscess caused by Fusarium solani that did not respond to common antifungal agents.
Method: Case report.
Results: Twenty days after accidental contact with vegetation, a 56‐year‐old man presented with a corneal abscess. Corneal ulceration developed and a perforating keratoplasty was performed. After a microbiological examination, the diagnosis of F. solani infection was made. Systemic and topical amphotericin B and fluconazole were prescribed, with no results. A new abscess formed on the transplanted graft and a wound leak developed. We administered topical and systemic voriconazole. No side‐effects were observed. The choroidal detachment and the surgical transplant recovered completely in 20 days. A vascular leukoma developed at the site of the transplanted corneal abscess.
Conclusion: From a functional point of view, another corneal transplant will be necessary. Voriconazole was effective in treating a severe keratomycosis caused by F. solani that was resistant to other topical and systemic antifungal agents. |
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ISSN: | 1395-3907 1600-0420 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00366.x |