Encouraging Result of Voriconazole Treatment for Cladosporium Corneal Keratitis

Luis Antonio Gorla Marconmini; Gleilton Carlos Mendonça da Silva; Sidney Julio Faria-e-Souza

doi:10.15324/vpa.v12i4.162

Vision Pan-America (Dec 2013)

Encouraging Result of Voriconazole Treatment for Cladosporium Corneal Keratitis

Luis Antonio Gorla Marconmini,
Gleilton Carlos Mendonça da Silva,
Sidney Julio Faria-e-Souza

Affiliations

Luis Antonio Gorla Marconmini: Department of Medicine of the Center of Biologic Sciences and Health of the Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar – São Carlos (SP) Brazil
Gleilton Carlos Mendonça da Silva: Department of Ophthalmology of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo – USP – Ribeirão Preto (SP) – Brazil.
Sidney Julio Faria-e-Souza: Department of Ophthalmology of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo – USP – Ribeirão Preto (SP) – Brazil.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15324/vpa.v12i4.162
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 4
pp. 116 – 119

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ABSTRACT A 45-year-old man submitted to radial keratotomy 19 years ago acquired Cladosporium sp. infection in one of the incisions of the left eye. The infection was resistant to topical amphotericin B, topical natamycin and systemic fluconazole. The keratitis was cured with voriconazole 200 mg PO, BID for 10 days.

corneal infection, fungal keratitis, infectious keratitis, radial keratotomy, refractive surgery, voriconazole.

Published in Vision Pan-America

ISSN: 2219-4665 (Print); 2219-4673 (Online)
Publisher: Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: http://journals.sfu.ca/paao/index.php/journal/index

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