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  • Title: More than tears in your eyes (Exophiala jeanselmei keratitis).
    Author: Ben-Simon GJ, Barequet IS, Grinbaum A.
    Journal: Cornea; 2002 Mar; 21(2):230-1. PubMed ID: 11862103.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To describe a patient with Exophiala jeanselmei keratitis. METHODS. CASE REPORT: One patient with persistent corneal infiltrate that developed several days after a minor ocular trauma from an onion slice. RESULTS: Culture plates from corneal scraping showed a growth of the yeast Exophiala jeanselmei, a rare causative agent of ocular infection. CONCLUSIONS: Whenever a corneal abscess does not improve with the usual antibiotic treatment, a thorough ophthalmic history should be taken to determine whether there was a recent ocular trauma. If the trauma was caused by a plant material, the physician should raise the possibility of an unusual fungal infection.
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