Unique presentations of aspergillosis endogenous endophthalmitis in two hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19

Autor:	Alaa E Fayed, Ismail I Hamza, Sherif N Embabi
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	aspergillosis covid-19 endophthalmitis fungal galactomannan uveitis Ophthalmology RE1-994
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 70, Iss 4, Pp 1421-1424 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0301-4738 1998-3689
DOI:	10.4103/ijo.IJO_2718_21
Popis:	We present two ICU-hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting with endogenous endophthalmitis in one eye and variable manifestations of chorioretinitis in the fellow eye. Two diabetic patients (57 and 62 years old) showed anterior uveitis and yellowish-white subretinal infiltrations. The fellow eye of one patient showed patches of choroiditis, while the other showed full retinal thickness infiltrations. A workup yielded high serum titers of galactomannan, diagnostic of aspergillosis. The widespread use of high doses of corticosteroids in the management of COVID-19 may predispose to various secondary fungal opportunistic infections and may manifest in different forms of chorioretinal infiltration.
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