Contact Lens-associated Fungal Keratitis (Colour Image, After 5 Days of Treatment)
Contact Lens-associated Fungal Keratitis (Colour Image, After 5 Days of Treatment)
Colour image showing stromal infiltrates after 5 days of local therapy. Within 1 week of local therapy with voriconazole the area of the stromal infiltrate decreased.
Contact Lens-associated Fungal Keratitis (Aspergillus flavus, Candida pulverina).
19 years of age, male contact lenses wearer with sudden decrease of vision at OS presented with keratitis at OS. Conjunctival swab was sterile. Microbiological examination of the contact lens liquids identified Aspergillus flavus and Candida pulverina.
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Interdisciplinary Center of Ophthalmic Preventive Medicine and Imaging, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany; Berta, Agnes, Dr.med., Augenklinik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen, Germany