Ocular sporotrichosis mimicking mucormycosis in a diabetic
Agger, W.A.; Caplan, R.H.; Maki, D.G.
Annals of Ophthalmology 10(6): 767-771
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886 PMID: 307934 Document Number: 126467
Primary sporotrichosis of the eye is very rare; most infections are limited to the conjunctiva or adnexa. We report a case of Sporothrix endophthalmitis associated with necrotizing ethmoid sinusitis developing in a young diabetic man with ketoacidosis. The infection clinically resembled rhino-ophthalmic mycormycosis. Cure followed evisceration and an abbreviated course (215 mg) of amphotericin B. Sporothrix must now be regarded as another fungal agent capable of causing primary rhino-ophthalmic infection similar to Mucor.