Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex

Mahmood J. Showail; Julianne V. Kus; George Kar Tsui; Hall F. Chew

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.003

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Sep 2017)

Fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex

Mahmood J. Showail,
Julianne V. Kus,
George Kar Tsui,
Hall F. Chew

Affiliations

Mahmood J. Showail: The Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, 340 College Street, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 3A9
Julianne V. Kus: Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
George Kar Tsui: Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hall F. Chew: The Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, 340 College Street, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 3A9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. C
pp. 28 – 30

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Purpose: To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex Methods: Case report Results: Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeutic corneal transplant was performed after perforation. At two years follow up, she was free of infection. Conclusion: Metarhizium anisopliae is a very rare cause of keratitis. Although previous reported cases showed clinical improvement with antifungal agents, this case required surgical treatment to control the infection.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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