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First Human Case of Fungal Keratitis Caused by a Putatively Novel Species of Lophotrichus.

ABSTRACT: We report an aggressive fungal keratitis caused by a putatively novel species of Lophotrichus in a patient with traumatic injury to the cornea from a dog paw. The organism was isolated from the patient's necrotic cornea, which perforated despite coverage with hourly fortified broad-spectrum topical antibiotic therapy. This report represents the first case of human infection caused by this species.

SUBMITTER: Eghrari AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4540931 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First Human Case of Fungal Keratitis Caused by a Putatively Novel Species of Lophotrichus.

Eghrari Allen O AO   Gibas Connie C   Watkins Tonya T   Vahedi Sina S   Lee Rick R   Houle Elizabeth E   Suarez Maria Jose MJ   Eberhart Charles C   Sutton Deanna A DA   Wiederhold Nathan P NP   Sikder Shameema S   Zhang Sean X SX  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20150624 9

We report an aggressive fungal keratitis caused by a putatively novel species of Lophotrichus in a patient with traumatic injury to the cornea from a dog paw. The organism was isolated from the patient's necrotic cornea, which perforated despite coverage with hourly fortified broad-spectrum topical antibiotic therapy. This report represents the first case of human infection caused by this species. ...[more]

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