Purpose: To report a case of fungal endogenous endophthalmitis from Cladosporium sphaerospermum in a patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy with golimumab (tumor necrosis factor-α blocker). Methods: Case report and review of the literature. Results: A 34-year-old woman receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy with golimumab for juvenile idiopathic arthritis was referred for unilateral visual loss and ocular pain. Worsening conditions after corticosteroid therapy and raised serum beta-D-glucan levels pointed to an infectious fungal etiology. Panfungal polymerase chain reaction-based genetic sequencing on vitreous specimens obtained during vitrectomy detected C. sphaerospermum. The patient management combined surgical treatment and systemic and intravitreal voriconazole. Conclusion: Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis can be a rare complication in patients undergoing chronic immunosuppressive therapy (including golimumab) without other predisposing factors. Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment are the keys to preserve vision.
UNUSUAL CASE OF CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS DURING GOLIMUMAB THERAPY: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW / Cavalleri, Michele; Marchese, Alessandro; Starace, Vincenzo; Bandello, Francesco; Modorati, Giulio; Miserocchi, Elisabetta. - In: RETINAL CASES & BRIEF REPORTS (ONLINE). - ISSN 1937-1578. - 17:5(2023), pp. 528-532. [10.1097/ICB.0000000000001238]
UNUSUAL CASE OF CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS DURING GOLIMUMAB THERAPY: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Cavalleri, Michele
Primo
;Marchese, AlessandroSecondo
;Starace, Vincenzo;Bandello, Francesco;Miserocchi, ElisabettaUltimo
2023-01-01
Abstract
Purpose: To report a case of fungal endogenous endophthalmitis from Cladosporium sphaerospermum in a patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy with golimumab (tumor necrosis factor-α blocker). Methods: Case report and review of the literature. Results: A 34-year-old woman receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy with golimumab for juvenile idiopathic arthritis was referred for unilateral visual loss and ocular pain. Worsening conditions after corticosteroid therapy and raised serum beta-D-glucan levels pointed to an infectious fungal etiology. Panfungal polymerase chain reaction-based genetic sequencing on vitreous specimens obtained during vitrectomy detected C. sphaerospermum. The patient management combined surgical treatment and systemic and intravitreal voriconazole. Conclusion: Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis can be a rare complication in patients undergoing chronic immunosuppressive therapy (including golimumab) without other predisposing factors. Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment are the keys to preserve vision.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.