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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4579-4582, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4579-4582.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Scedosporium prolificans Keratouveitis in Association with a Contact Lens Retained Intraocularly over a Long Term

Stella Arthur,1 Lisa L. Steed,2,* David J. Apple,1 Qun Peng,1 Gene Howard,3 and Marcela Escobar-Gomez1

Center for Research on Ocular Therapeutics and Biodevices,1 Department of Ophthalmology,3 Storm Eye Institute, and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,2 Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Received 21 May 2001/Returned for modification 22 July 2001/Accepted 29 September 2001

Scedosporium prolificans is a soil saprophyte that is associated with a large variety of infectious processes and with respiratory colonization in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. We report the first described case of S. prolificans keratouveitis associated with the intraocular long-term retention of a contact lens in a 76-year-old female patient.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 165 Ashley Ave., Suite 309, P.O. Box 250908, Charleston, SC 29425. Phone: (843) 792-1108. Fax: (843) 792-1014. E-mail: steedll{at}musc.edu

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4579-4582, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4579-4582.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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