Unique presentations of aspergillosis endogenous endophthalmitis in two hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19.
Indian J Ophthalmol
; 70(4): 1421-1424, 2022 04.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1939174
ABSTRACT
We present two ICU-hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting with endogenous endophthalmitis in one eye and variable manifestations of chorioretinitis in the fellow eye. Two diabetic patients (57 and 62 years old) showed anterior uveitis and yellowish-white subretinal infiltrations. The fellow eye of one patient showed patches of choroiditis, while the other showed full retinal thickness infiltrations. A workup yielded high serum titers of galactomannan, diagnostic of aspergillosis. The widespread use of high doses of corticosteroids in the management of COVID-19 may predispose to various secondary fungal opportunistic infections and may manifest in different forms of chorioretinal infiltration.
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Main subject:
Aspergillosis
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Uveitis, Anterior
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Chorioretinitis
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Endophthalmitis
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijo.IJO_2718_21
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