Successful treatment of Fusarium keratitis with cornea transplantation and topical and systemic voriconazole.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of invasive Fusarium keratitis in a previously healthy male patient was treated successfully with cornea transplantation and systemic and topical voriconazole after treatment failure with topical amphotericin B and systemic itraconazole. Topical voriconazole was well tolerated, and, in conjunction with the oral administration, it resulted in a high level of the drug in the anterior chamber of the eye (which was 160% of the plasma drug level).
Medical subject headings
- Corneal Transplantation
- Fusarium
- Keratitis
- Mycoses
- Pyrimidines
- Triazoles