Fonsecaea pedrosoi as a rare cause of acute conjunctival ulceration

Conjunctival ulceration accompanied with secretion and pain was observed in a 30-year-old male, 3 days after a perforating corneal trauma. Cultures of conjunctival ulcer samples grew Fonsecaea pedrosoi, a major causative agent of chromoblastomycosis that is typically transmitted during trauma. The c...

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Published in:Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia 2016-07, Vol.79 (4), p.261-263
Main Authors: Adibelli, Fatih Mehmet, Karabicak, Nilgun, Akal, Ali, Goncu, Tugba, Yilmaz, Omer Faruk, Bayraktar, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Ascomycota - isolation & purification
Ascomycota - pathogenicity
Chromoblastomycosis - microbiology
Chromoblastomycosis - therapy
Conjunctival Diseases - microbiology
Conjunctival Diseases - therapy
Cornea - microbiology
Corneal Perforation - complications
Corneal Perforation - microbiology
Corneal Perforation - therapy
Corneal Ulcer - microbiology
Corneal Ulcer - therapy
Humans
Male
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Conjunctival ulceration accompanied with secretion and pain was observed in a 30-year-old male, 3 days after a perforating corneal trauma. Cultures of conjunctival ulcer samples grew Fonsecaea pedrosoi, a major causative agent of chromoblastomycosis that is typically transmitted during trauma. The conjunctival ulcer was successfully treated with amphotericin B, itraconazole, and fluconazole. This case report summarizes the diagnosis and treatment of a conjunctival ulcer due to F. pedrosoi, which is a rare complication of contaminated ocular trauma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of F. pedrosoi causing acute conjunctival ulceration in the literature.
ISSN:0004-2749
1678-2925
1678-2925
DOI:10.5935/0004-2749.20160074