Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States
Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare but feared infectious ocular complication of injection drug use (IDU). The recent opioid epidemic in the United States threatens to increase the incidence of this disease. We report the first case of endogenous endophthalmitis in the United States caused by the e...
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| author | Preston M. Luong Basilio Kalpakian Lawrence J. Jaeger Timothy Lahey Christopher B. Chapman Michael E. Zegans |
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| description | Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare but feared infectious ocular complication of injection drug use (IDU). The recent opioid epidemic in the United States threatens to increase the incidence of this disease. We report the first case of endogenous endophthalmitis in the United States caused by the emerging fungal pathogen Rhodotorula in an injection drug user which led to no light perception vision (NLP). Worldwide experience with Rhodotorula endogenous endophthalmitis is limited, but existing cases suggest infection by this particular fungal genus has a grim prognosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c0b5eb3b057c455c847ac3974570854a2025-02-03T01:28:39ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/96863539686353Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United StatesPreston M. Luong0Basilio Kalpakian1Lawrence J. Jaeger2Timothy Lahey3Christopher B. Chapman4Michael E. Zegans5Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USAGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USASection of Ophthalmology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, Keene, NH, USAGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USAGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USAGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USAEndogenous endophthalmitis is a rare but feared infectious ocular complication of injection drug use (IDU). The recent opioid epidemic in the United States threatens to increase the incidence of this disease. We report the first case of endogenous endophthalmitis in the United States caused by the emerging fungal pathogen Rhodotorula in an injection drug user which led to no light perception vision (NLP). Worldwide experience with Rhodotorula endogenous endophthalmitis is limited, but existing cases suggest infection by this particular fungal genus has a grim prognosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9686353 |
| spellingShingle | Preston M. Luong Basilio Kalpakian Lawrence J. Jaeger Timothy Lahey Christopher B. Chapman Michael E. Zegans Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States |
| title_full | Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States |
| title_short | Rhodotorula Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Novel Harbinger of the Injection Drug Epidemic in the United States |
| title_sort | rhodotorula endogenous endophthalmitis a novel harbinger of the injection drug epidemic in the united states |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9686353 |
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