A 10-year-old immunocompetent girl with endogenous fungal endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of the literature. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guerriero, Silvana; Dammacco, Rosanna; Albano, Valeria; Rizzo, Tiziana; Cassano, Flavio; Boscia, Francesco; Alessio, Giovanni
• Is Part Of: European journal of ophthalmology. Volume 32:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 89
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Endophthalmitis -- pediatric endophthalmitis -- endogenous fungal endophthalmitis -- Aspergillus infection -- fungal orbital infection; Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; Eye -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 617.7005
• DOI: 10.1177/11206721211037825
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1120-6721

Abstract

Endogenous Endophthalmitis (EE) is a rare cause of blindness in the pediatric age group and this may account for the paucity of management guidelines in the literature. In this report, we describe our experience with a 10-year-old immunocompetent female who developed EE and became blind because of rapidly progressive and destructive inflammatory changes in her eye in spite of seemingly timely treatment.