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We identified Prototheca spp. microalga in ocular samples of a cat in Spain with nontreatable endogenous endophthalmitis. Within 2 years, the eye lesions progressively worsened and neurologic signs appeared, suggesting systemic spread of the infection.
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Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Unidade Local de Saúde (ULS) de Coimbra, Coimbra, PRT.
is a zoonotic pathogen commonly found in pigs, capable of causing disease in humans when in contact with contaminated pigs or pork products. The most common presentation in humans is meningitis, although it can also manifest as sepsis, arthritis, endocarditis, or endophthalmitis. In Europe, most cases are described as occupational disease related to pig farming or raw pork handling.
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J Fr Ophtalmol
December 2024
Service d'ophtalmologie, Nouvel Hôpital Civil de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Acute postoperative endophthalmitis is a rare but dreadful complication of intraocular surgeries. These clinical presentations should be managed emergently with medical treatment in every case and surgical treatment in selected cases according to clinical criteria, which are still under debate. In this article, we report what was presented on this topic in the annual report at the 2024 French Society of Ophthalmology congress.
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Rev Med Suisse
October 2024
Service d'infectiologie, HFR Fribourg, 1752 Villars-sur-Glâne.
Candida spp is responsible for 70-90% of invasive fungal infections. Invasive candidiasis is usually diagnosed by blood culture; other microbiological methods such as PCR, beta-D-glucans and mannans/anti-mannans are available in addition to clinical scores such as the Candida score. Management includes antifungal therapy, removal of catheters and source control, follow-up blood cultures and fundus examination, one possible complication being endophthalmitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnalysis of association of bandage contact lens with serious vision-threatening diseases and their management.
BMC Ophthalmol
August 2024
Eye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstraße 5, 79106, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Background: Bandage contact lenses are important aids for aftercare following ocular surgery and for a wide variety of ocular surface conditions. However, bandage contact lenses also bear the risk of fostering microbial infections of the cornea. We herein report the safety profile of bandage contact lenses from a comprehensive review of medical records in a tertiary care eye hospital in Germany.
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