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First Human Case of Fungal Keratitis Caused by a Putatively Novel Species of Lophotrichus |
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| Authors: | Allen O Eghrari Connie Gibas Tonya Watkins Sina Vahedi Rick Lee Elizabeth Houle Maria Jose Suarez Charles Eberhart Deanna A Sutton Nathan P Wiederhold Shameema Sikder Sean X Zhang |
| Abstract: | We report an aggressive fungal keratitis caused by a putatively novel species of Lophotrichus in a patient with traumatic injury to the cornea from a dog paw. The organism was isolated from the patient''s necrotic cornea, which perforated despite coverage with hourly fortified broad-spectrum topical antibiotic therapy. This report represents the first case of human infection caused by this species. |
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