Paecilomyces lilacinus Keratitis in a Soft Contact Lens Wearer

Eye Contact Lens. 2018 Sep:44 Suppl 1:S337-S340. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000348.

Authors

Rosa Monno¹, Giovanni Alessio, Silvana Guerriero, Carmen Capolongo, Carla Calia, Luciana Fumarola, Carlo Pazzani, Anna Di Taranto, Giuseppe Miragliotta

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs (R.M., G.A., S.G., C. Capolongo, C. Calia, L.F.), and Biology (C.P.), University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Microbiology Laboratory Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia (A.D.T.), Foggia, Italy; and Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine Microbiology (G.M.), University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

PMID: 27902509
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000348

Abstract

We describe a case of keratitis caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus in a contact lens wearer with a history of diabetes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / adverse effects*
Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / microbiology
Cornea / microbiology*
Cornea / pathology
Equipment Contamination*
Eye Infections, Fungal / diagnosis
Eye Infections, Fungal / etiology*
Eye Infections, Fungal / microbiology
Humans
Keratitis / diagnosis
Keratitis / etiology*
Keratitis / microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Paecilomyces / isolation & purification*