Aspergillus endophthalmitis in orthotopic liver transplantation.
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2009-06
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In this report, we describe a patient with drug-induced liver failure who developed endogenous endophthalmitis after liver transplantation. Our patient's clinical course was so fulminant that the eye was lost in less than 1 month, without any response to therapy. Recognition of this infection is important because many patients die of disseminated Aspergillus infection, which may be detected early with bedside funduscopic examination by an ophthalmologist. Probably if the patient had referred to us earlier, it may have been possible to save the eye.
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Aspergillus endophthalmitis, orthotopic liver transplant
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Hosseini Hamid, Saki Soraya, Saki Nasrin, Eghtedari Masoomeh. Aspergillus endophthalmitis in orthotopic liver transplantation. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2009 June; 63(6) 253-256.