Publications by authors named "Nishat Hussain"
Purpose: To report the clinical profile and treatment outcomes of patients with culture-positive Acremonium keratitis.
Methods: This is a retrospective observational study. Medical records of all patients treated in a tertiary eye hospital for culture positive infective keratitis from March 2016 to February 2021 were screened, of which those positive for Acremonium species on fungal culture were reviewed.
Article Synopsis
- The study reports a rare case of bilateral corneal melting and necrosis in a 48-year-old man occurring 5 weeks post ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination (Covishield).
- The patient experienced systemic symptoms like fever and diarrhea initially, but ocular issues arose later with no microbial or viral infections found on testing.
- This case suggests a possible immune-mediated reaction related to the vaccine, marking it as the first documented ocular adverse event after a single dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
Purpose: To report an unusual case of isolated Acremonium eumycetoma presenting as a protuberant mass over the cornea.
Methods: Case report and literature review.
Results: A 55-year-old male patient referred to our center with a case of perforated corneal ulcer with uveal tissue prolapse was examined in the casualty department and found to have central melt, approximately 8 mm, along with suspected uveal tissue prolapse.
Cedecea lapagei is a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae and is an uncommon pathogen. There are very few reports of isolation of this organism from biological samples; mostly it is found to be a pathogen in elderly or otherwise medically compromised. We present a rare case of a patient with underlying malignancy of buccal mucosa, who developed an oral ulcer superinfected with C.
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