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Unique presentations of aspergillosis endogenous endophthalmitis in two hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19
oleh: Alaa E Fayed, Ismail I Hamza, Sherif N Embabi
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| Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01 |
Deskripsi
We present two ICU-hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) presenting with endogenous endophthalmitis in one eye and variable manifestations of chorioretinitis in the fellow eye. Two diabetic patients (57 and 62 years old) showed anterior uveitis and yellowish-white subretinal infiltrations. The fellow eye of one patient showed patches of choroiditis, while the other showed full retinal thickness infiltrations. A workup yielded high serum titers of galactomannan, diagnostic of aspergillosis. The widespread use of high doses of corticosteroids in the management of COVID-19 may predispose to various secondary fungal opportunistic infections and may manifest in different forms of chorioretinal infiltration.