Uncommon Neosartorya udagawae fungus as a causative agent of severe corneal infection

Brunella Posteraro; R Mattei; F Trivella; A Maffei; A Torre; Elena De Carolis; P Posteraro; Giovanni Fadda; Maurizio Sanguinetti

doi:10.1128/JCM.00134-11

Uncommon Neosartorya udagawae fungus as a causative agent of severe corneal infection

Brunella Posteraro
, R Mattei
, F Trivella
, A Maffei
, A Torre
, Elena De Carolis
, P Posteraro
, Giovanni Fadda
, Maurizio Sanguinetti^*

^*Corresponding author

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Abstract

We report the first documented case of a posttraumatic fungal keratitis caused by Neosartorya udagawae. The patient was empirically treated with fluconazole until a corneal scraping grew an Aspergillus fumigatus-like fungus, and itraconazole therapy was then established. A sequence-based approach assigned the isolate to the species. Five months after completion of antifungal therapy, endophthalmitis occurred and orbital exenteration was necessary.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2357-2360
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	49
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00134-11
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Microbiology (medical)

Keywords

Adult
Antifungal Agents
Corneal Diseases
DNA
Debridement
Fluconazole
Fungal
Humans
Itraconazole
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microscopy
Mycoses
Neosartorya
Phylogeny
Ribosomal
Ribosomal Spacer
Sequence Analysis
Wounds and Injuries

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