Post-traumatic fatal Nattrassia mangiferae orbital infection

Ali Sadeghi Tari; Masoud Mardani; Mohammad Rahnavardi; Fahimeh Asadi Amoli; Zohreh Abedinifar

doi:10.1007/s10792-007-9039-8

Post-traumatic fatal Nattrassia mangiferae orbital infection

Int Ophthalmol. 2005 Dec;26(6):247-50. doi: 10.1007/s10792-007-9039-8. Epub 2007 Feb 21.

Authors

Ali Sadeghi Tari¹, Masoud Mardani, Mohammad Rahnavardi, Fahimeh Asadi Amoli, Zohreh Abedinifar

Affiliation

¹ Eye Research Center, Farabi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 17318325
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9039-8

Abstract

Nattrassia mangiferae orbital infection is a very rare disease that is usually curable. We report the first case of a fatal N. mangiferae orbital infection following a thorn penetration injury in a patient who also had diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and cirrhosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis
Eye Infections, Fungal / microbiology*
Facial Injuries / diagnosis
Facial Injuries / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification*
Orbit / injuries*
Orbital Diseases / diagnosis
Orbital Diseases / microbiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wound Infection / diagnosis
Wound Infection / microbiology*
Wounds, Penetrating / diagnosis
Wounds, Penetrating / microbiology*