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2012年12月

Identification and sensitivity of two rare fungal species isolated from two patients with Fusarium keratomycosis

JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY
  • Kiyofumi Mochizuki
  • ,
  • Ikumi Shiraki
  • ,
  • Hiroki Murase
  • ,
  • Kiyofumi Ohkusu
  • ,
  • Kazuko Nishimura

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開始ページ
939
終了ページ
944
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1007/s10156-012-0389-4
出版者・発行元
SPRINGER JAPAN KK

We report two cases of Fusarium keratomycosis in which molecular analysis was used to identify two rare causative Fusarium species. A 65-year-old woman was diagnosed with Fusarium keratomycosis caused by F. equiseti, confirmed by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and morphological characteristics. She was initially treated with topical corticosteroid but the keratitis did not improve. Even after aggressive antifungal treatment, there was a severe reduction of vision. In the end, the eye perforated. Our second case was a 75-year-old man who had diabetes mellitus. He developed keratitis after his cornea was injured by corn stalks. The ITS region identified the causative organism as F. verticillioides. Unlike the first case, he had good visual recovery after early antifungal therapy. Our findings demonstrate that both ITS and morphological characteristics can be used to identify the exact Fusarium species causing Fusarium keratomycosis. This allowed us to determine the sensitivity of these species to antifungal drugs that can be used to treat patients with these species of Fusarium.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-012-0389-4
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22373940
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000312739400022&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84880420987&origin=inward
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10156-012-0389-4
  • ISSN : 1341-321X
  • PubMed ID : 22373940
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000312739400022

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