Early treatment of bilateral fungal keratitis with corneal cross-linking as adjuvant therapy
| Autor: | Juan Cruz González Castellanos, Matías Osaba, Virginia Reviglio, Victor E Reviglio, Maitén Cuyén Arrigone, Marcela Tatiana Canchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Corneal Infection PACK-CXL Case Report Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Adjuvant therapy Fungal keratitis 030212 general & internal medicine Candida albicans Aspergillus ocular infection biology business.industry biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology omcrep/1600 Contact lens Infectious Diseases ultraviolet-A light Curvularia fungal keratitis 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Etiology Parasitology AcademicSubjects/MED00010 business |
| Zdroj: | Oxford Medical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2053-8855 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/omcr/omaa032 |
| Popis: | Fungal keratitis is an ocular infection that has no standardized treatment. The etiological agents most frequently reported in the literature are Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., Alternaria spp. and Curvularia spp., related to injuries and Candida albicans related to contact lens wear. Here we present a case of bilateral fungal keratitis of a few days of evolution with insufficient response to antifungal pharmacological treatment and with early application of cross-linking in both eyes as an adjuvant therapy. A review of the current status of cross-linking for the treatment of corneal infections is presented. |
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