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Excellent outcome of Aspergillous endophthalmitis in a case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.

[allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]

While invasive aspergillosis occurs typically in severely immunocompromised patients, cases of surgical site infections have been reported in immunocompetent individuals. The purpose is to report an eye with post-operative Aspergillus endophthalmitis, which achieved a good visual outcome following early and aggressive treatment. A young patient, known case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis presented to us with post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis. He was treated with pars plana vitrectomy and intravitreal voriconazole and systemic itraconazole. The patient regained a vision of 20/30 with follow up of 2 years.

Diseases presenting "severely immunocompromised patients" symptom

  • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

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