First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole

Ning Fan,1,* Xuehong Duan,1,* Xuan Liu,2 Ping Fan,1 Ningning Chen,2 Jihong Sun3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmology, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, People’s...

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Main Authors: Fan N, Duan X, Liu X, Fan P, Chen N, Sun J
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description Ning Fan,1,* Xuehong Duan,1,* Xuan Liu,2 Ping Fan,1 Ningning Chen,2 Jihong Sun3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmology, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xianyang Hospital of Yan’ an University, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ping Fan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, 712000, People’s Republic of China, Email 502686591@qq.comAbstract: This report details an uncommon occurrence of chronic endophthalmitis following cataract surgery attributed to an infection by Trichosporon inkin (T. inkin). The infection was identified through MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry along with sequencing analysis. Although the patient exhibited a robust immune response, the infection escalated quickly from the right eye to the left. Treatment involved vitrectomy and peeling surgery on the right eye, paired with systemic fluconazole antifungal therapy and intravitreal injection, resulting in significant recovery. The visual acuity of the right eye enhanced from finger counting to 20/63. This account represents the inaugural documented instance of endophthalmitis caused by T. inkin that was effectively managed with fluconazole. This underscores the critical role of vitreous humor enrichment culture and antifungal susceptibility testing of T. inkin in the treatment of endophthalmitis.Keywords: endophthalmitis, Trichosporon inkin, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight, MALDI-TOF, fluconazole
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spelling doaj-art-8f8c55f575a04a6ba5cfb73541da6f3b2024-12-26T16:44:16ZengDove Medical PressInfection and Drug Resistance1178-69732024-12-01Volume 175803581398688First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with FluconazoleFan NDuan XLiu XFan PChen NSun JNing Fan,1,* Xuehong Duan,1,* Xuan Liu,2 Ping Fan,1 Ningning Chen,2 Jihong Sun3 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmology, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xianyang Hospital of Yan’ an University, Xianyang, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ping Fan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xianyang, Xianyang, 712000, People’s Republic of China, Email 502686591@qq.comAbstract: This report details an uncommon occurrence of chronic endophthalmitis following cataract surgery attributed to an infection by Trichosporon inkin (T. inkin). The infection was identified through MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry along with sequencing analysis. Although the patient exhibited a robust immune response, the infection escalated quickly from the right eye to the left. Treatment involved vitrectomy and peeling surgery on the right eye, paired with systemic fluconazole antifungal therapy and intravitreal injection, resulting in significant recovery. The visual acuity of the right eye enhanced from finger counting to 20/63. This account represents the inaugural documented instance of endophthalmitis caused by T. inkin that was effectively managed with fluconazole. This underscores the critical role of vitreous humor enrichment culture and antifungal susceptibility testing of T. inkin in the treatment of endophthalmitis.Keywords: endophthalmitis, Trichosporon inkin, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight, MALDI-TOF, fluconazolehttps://www.dovepress.com/first-documented-successful-treatment-of-chronic-postoperative-fungal--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDRendophthalmitistrichosporon inkinmatrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flightmaldi-toffluconazole
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First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole
Infection and Drug Resistance
endophthalmitis
trichosporon inkin
matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight
maldi-tof
fluconazole
title First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole
title_full First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole
title_fullStr First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole
title_full_unstemmed First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole
title_short First Documented Successful Treatment of Chronic Postoperative Fungal Endophthalmitis Induced by Trichosporon Inkin with Fluconazole
title_sort first documented successful treatment of chronic postoperative fungal endophthalmitis induced by trichosporon inkin with fluconazole
topic endophthalmitis
trichosporon inkin
matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight
maldi-tof
fluconazole
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