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- - Two patients developed Acremonium sp. endophthalmitis after cataract surgery performed in the same operating room on the same day.
- - Diagnosis was confirmed through repeated isolation of the fungus from various eye samples and its identification using morphological and molecular techniques.
- - The report highlights the importance of microbiology labs in diagnosing rare infections and calls for increased awareness among surgeons and clinicians regarding this type of endophthalmitis.
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This report describes two cases of Acremonium sp. endophthalmitis, occurring in two patients who underwent cataract surgery on the same day in the same operating room of our hospital ophthalmology clinic. Diagnosis of fungal endophthalmitis was established by the repeated isolation of the same fungal agent from vitreous washing, acqueous fluid and intraocular lens samples and by its identification on the basis of morphological and molecular features. The cases reported in this study emphasize the need for clinical microbiology laboratories to be prepared to face the diagnosis of uncommon infectious diseases such as exogenous fungal endophthalmitis by Acremonium, and to enhance the awareness of surgeons and clinicians of this occurrence.
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