| Autor: |
Alvis E Jaunzems, John W. Stirling, Sonja Klebe, Douglas J. Coster, Tania Sadlon, Janina Mazierska, Paul R Badenoch |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 39:577-580 |
| ISSN: |
1442-6404 |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02505.x |
| Popis: |
[Extract] Microsporidia are intracellular pathogens of animals andhumans. Although not hyphal, a recent study suggests theyare fungi descended from an ancestral zygomycete. Theyhave a unique method for invading susceptible tissue: an internal coiled tube everts rapidly and sporoplasm moves into the cell as if through a hypodermic needle. In the human eye, microsporidial infection presents as keratoconjunctivitis or stromal keratitis. The former has been reported in HIV+ patients because of Encephalitozoon and in immunocompetent patients because of several genera. Stromal infection is seen in immunocompetent patients and is caused mostly by Vittaforma corneae. We report a case in which keratoconjunctivitis preceded deep stromal infection in a patient with a low neutrophil count. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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