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  • Title: Curvularia lunata endophthalmitis with secondary keratitis.
    Author: Kaushik S, Ram J, Chakrabarty A, Dogra MR, Brar GS, Gupta A.
    Journal: Am J Ophthalmol; 2001 Jan; 131(1):140-2. PubMed ID: 11162996.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To report a case of pseudophakic endophthalmitis with secondary keratitis caused by Curvularia lunata. METHODS: A 40-year-old man presented with a fluffy mass in the anterior chamber with low-grade delayed postoperative inflammation in the right eye. RESULTS: The anterior chamber and vitreous aspirate demonstrated C. lunata. A large corneal infiltrate developed after aspiration of the mass. Treatment with systemic, topical, and intraocular antifungal agents cleared the vitreous, but the cornea perforated. CONCLUSION: Delayed low-grade infection with a fluffy mass in the anterior chamber after cataract surgery can rarely be a clinical presentation of dematiaceous fungal infection. Secondary keratitis may result after a diagnostic aspiration.
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