Journal article
ACANTHAMOEBA ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER RECURRENT KERATITIS AND NODULAR SCLERITIS
Retinal cases & brief reports, Vol.11(2), pp.180-182
2017
DOI: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000323
PMID: 27152698
Abstract
To describe the clinical course of a patient with Acanthamoeba keratitis, who despite prompt treatment progressed to histopathology-confirmed Acanthamoeba retinitis and endophthalmitis.
Case report.
A healthy 30-year-old male wearing soft contact lens was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis and treated medically and surgically over the course of 1 year with presumed resolution of the infection. Yet, his infection recurred with documented spread to sclerokeratitis, and overwhelming endophthalmitis. Concerns about extra-ocular spread prompted a therapeutic enucleation with histopathologic evidence of Acanthamoeba organisms throughout the globe.
This is a case of a severe recurrent Acanthamoeba infection presenting initially as keratitis, followed by sclerokeratitis and histolopathology-confirmed endophthalmitis. This case demonstrates that despite persistent medical and surgical intervention, eradication of organisms may not be possible.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- ACANTHAMOEBA ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER RECURRENT KERATITIS AND NODULAR SCLERITIS
- Creators
- Zaid Mammo - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; †VitreoRetinal Surgery, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ‡Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa; and §Department of Ophthalmology, Omics Laboratory, Iowa City, IowaDavid R P AlmeidaMatthew A CunninghamEric K ChinVinit B Mahajan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Retinal cases & brief reports, Vol.11(2), pp.180-182
- DOI
- 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000323
- PMID
- 27152698
- ISSN
- 1935-1089
- eISSN
- 1937-1578
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2017
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984102314302771
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