Phialophora chinensis fungal keratitis: An initial case report and species identification.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the initial case of microbial keratitis caused by Phialophora chinensis, a rare cause of fungal keratitis.

Observations

A 66-year-old gentleman with a complex right eye (OD) ocular history including herpes simplex virus infectious epithelial keratitis with subsequent neurotrophic keratopathy, and prior combined Candida albicans and parapsilosis fungal keratitis presented with pain OD in the absence of an antecedent trauma. The patient was found to have a filamentous fungal keratitis, which was subsequently cultured and identified as Phialophora chinensis by the laboratory. Despite topical and oral antifungal treatment based on sensitivities determined by the lab, the patient ultimately required intrastromal and subconjunctival an

SUBMITTER: Ply B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9876777 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature