ABSTRACT
CASO CLÍNICO: Mujer de 56 años, que sufrió un traumatismo con rama de naranjo en el ojo izquierdo. Durante 40 días después desarrolla una infección ocular positiva para Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (C. gloeosporioides). El paciente no respondió al tratamiento clásico ni al cross-linking y tuvo que ser mediante queratoplastia con complicaciones intraoperatorias y postoperatorias. DISCUSIÓN: Las infecciones oculares por Colletotrichum gloeosporioides pueden ser refractarias al tratamiento tradicional así como a nuevas terapias como el cross-linking
CASE REPORT: A 56 year old woman suffered corneal injury from a branch of an orange tree. Forty days later she suffered a severe ocular infection, positive to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (C. gloeosporioides). The patient did not respond to traditional treatment or crosslinking, and had to be treated with keratoplasty, suffering intraoperative and postoperative complications. DISCUSSION: Ocular infections due to C. gloeosporioides can occasionally be refractory to traditional and new treatments, such as crosslinking
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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Keratitis/surgery , Keratitis , Corneal Transplantation/methods , Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures/methods , Eye Injuries/surgery , Ophthalmic Solutions/therapeutic use , Natamycin/therapeutic use , Voriconazole/therapeutic use , Amphotericin B/therapeutic use , Tobramycin/therapeutic use , Keratitis/complications , Hyperemia , Colletotrichum/isolation & purification , Colletotrichum/pathogenicity , Corneal Ulcer/complications , Corneal Ulcer/surgery , Vitreous Body/pathology , Vitreous BodyABSTRACT
CASE REPORT: A 56 year old woman suffered corneal injury from a branch of an orange tree. Forty days later she suffered a severe ocular infection, positive to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (C. gloeosporioides). The patient did not respond to traditional treatment or crosslinking, and had to be treated with keratoplasty, suffering intraoperative and postoperative complications. DISCUSSION: Ocular infections due to C. gloeosporioides can occasionally be refractory to traditional and new treatments, such as crosslinking.
