Disseminated Fusarium infection presenting as bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 May;123(5):702-3. doi: 10.1001/archopht.123.5.702.

Authors

Kourous A Rezai¹, Dean Eliott, Oren Plous, Jose A Vazquez, Gary W Abrams

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 2114, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. karezai@yahoo.com

PMID: 15883296
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.5.702

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
Endophthalmitis / diagnosis
Endophthalmitis / drug therapy
Endophthalmitis / microbiology*
Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis
Eye Infections, Fungal / drug therapy
Eye Infections, Fungal / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fungemia / diagnosis
Fungemia / drug therapy
Fungemia / microbiology*
Fusarium / isolation & purification*
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid / complications*
Leukemia, Myeloid / drug therapy
Multiple Organ Failure
Mycoses / diagnosis
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / microbiology*
Vitreous Body / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antineoplastic Agents