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SUBMITTER: Ferrer C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC165366 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferrer Consuelo C Montero Javier J Alió Jorge L JL Abad José L JL Ruiz-Moreno José M JM Colom Francisca F
Journal of clinical microbiology 20030701 7
The first case of Alternaria infectoria ocular infection is reported. Keratitis and endophthalmitis developed after eye-perforating trauma from a lemon tree branch. Two months after surgery and empirical steroid and antibiotic treatment, diagnosis by molecular methods was performed. PCR amplification was positive for a fungus after 4 h. Antifungal treatment with amphotericin B and fluconazole was initiated immediately. DNA sequence analysis showed Alternaria infectoria to be the causal agent. Af ...[more]