茄病镰刀菌感染致角膜溃疡1例

报告1例由茄病镰刀菌感染引起的角膜溃疡。患者男性,40岁,木工,左眼红、痛、流泪、视力下降10 d。经过角膜清创,系统性及局部抗真菌治疗后好转。致病菌株经真菌学鉴定为茄病镰刀菌,它是真菌性角膜炎的常见致病菌之一。真菌性角膜炎病程进展迅速,能否及早诊治关系预后。真菌学检查是确诊的依据,临床应予重视。     

糖尿病患者感染轮枝镰刀菌致角膜炎1例

报道糖尿病患者感染轮枝镰刀菌致真菌性角膜炎1例。患者男性,48岁,因右眼红,痛,视力下降20天就诊。患者有2型糖尿病史近10年,注射胰岛素血糖一直控制不佳。刮取角膜分泌物标本进行真菌荧光染色镜检和培养。对培养的菌株进行形态学(乳酸酚棉兰染色)和分子生物学鉴定。真菌荧光染色镜检阳性,镜下可见分支分隔的菌丝及鹿角状菌丝。真菌培养阳性,乳酸酚棉兰染色镜下可见多数棒状的小分生孢子。ITS和Beta-tubulin基因序列分析鉴定为轮枝镰刀菌。依据临床和实验室检查确定诊断右眼角膜炎(真菌性),2型糖尿病。给予患者那他霉素等滴眼液点右眼局部抗炎抗真菌对症处理,用药治疗后再次行眼科检查,患者右眼症状较治疗前明显好转。出院后继续抗真菌抗炎治疗2周,门诊随访。     

造血干细胞移植治疗恶性血液病合并播散性镰刀菌病4例临床分析并文献复习

目的提高对造血干细胞移植患者合并镰刀菌感染,尤其是播散性镰刀菌病的认识,以做到早期诊断、及时治疗,从而改善其预后。方法对本院从2015年4月至2020年9月诊治的4例造血干细胞移植患者合并播散性镰刀菌病的诊断、治疗及预后进行回顾性分析。结果 4例患者均为确诊病例,均发生于造血干细胞植活前或粒缺期,给予两性霉素B脂质体/两性霉素B联合伏立康唑抗真菌治疗。3例患者的播散性镰刀菌病得到控制(其中1例死于铜绿假单胞菌败血症),1例抗真菌治疗后无效死亡。结论造血干细胞移植后播散性镰刀菌病预后差,死亡率高,早期给予有效抗真菌治疗及快速免疫重建是改善其生存率的有效手段。     

茄病镰刀菌性角膜炎树鼩模型的建立

目的采用临床分离的茄病镰刀菌感染树鼩角膜,建立茄病镰刀菌性角膜炎树鼩模型。方法茄病镰刀菌接种到沙保氏培养基,26℃培养箱培养7 d,收集真菌混悬液,血细胞计数板调整孢子数量为1×10~(10)CFU/m L。清洁级树鼩40只随机分为实验组(n=30)、对照组(n=10)。实验组用胰岛素针头(29 G)将真菌孢子混悬液50μL注入角膜基中央,对照组注入生理盐水50μL。通过前段照相、共聚焦显微镜检查、病理组织学变化、感染角膜组织培养对模型进行评价。结果真菌浸润范围、角膜上皮细胞和内皮细胞水肿程度、菌丝数量均与时间呈正相关;炎性细胞浸润数量造模后第7天达到高峰,以中性粒细胞为主;实验各时间点均可见菌丝平行于基质纤维生长;感染后角膜组织培养可见茄病镰刀菌生长;造模成功率为86%。结论采用基质注射茄病镰刀菌孢子的方法首次成功建立茄病镰刀菌性角膜炎树鼩模型。     

5例真菌性鼻窦炎临床及实验研究

目的报道5例丝状真菌所致真菌性鼻窦炎病例。方法分析5例鼻窦炎患者临床资料,对患者鼻分泌物或鼻黏膜进行真菌直接镜检和培养,对培养获得菌株进行形态学和分子生物学鉴定。结果结合真菌直接镜检、培养和分子生物学方法,确定致病真菌为茄病镰刀菌、烟曲霉、黄曲霉、波氏假阿利什霉和萝卜镰刀菌。4例患者采用鼻内窥镜手术治疗,1例患者采用伏立康唑、两性霉素B控制病情,效果均良好。结论真菌性鼻窦炎致病真菌多样,分子生物学可做准确鉴定,鼻内镜手术治疗效果良好。     

茄病镰刀菌致足部透明丝孢霉病1例

目的报道1例茄病镰刀菌引起的足部透明丝孢霉病。方法询问病史及体检,取足部的皮损行皮肤病理检查、真菌培养及致病菌的形态学观察、鉴定。结果致病菌为茄病镰刀菌,给予局部病灶切除及伊曲康唑治疗,随访3个月,病灶明显缩小。结论本病例证实为茄病镰刀菌引起的足部透明丝孢霉病,经口服伊曲康唑及局部病灶切除治疗,疗效明显。     

1例多器官损伤继发茄病镰刀菌血症的真菌学研究

目的 对车祸致多器官损伤继发茄病镰刀菌血症的真菌学研究.方法 以我院收治的l例多器官损伤的患者为研究对象,采集患者深静脉血液进行血培养,对培养出的真菌进一步行表型分析、分子鉴定,并行E-test真菌药敏实验.结果 血液标本细菌培养阴性,但真菌培养3次呈现丝状真菌生长,对菌丝的表型和分子鉴定检测结果均提示为“茄病镰刀菌”.E-test真菌药敏实验结果提示该菌株对两性霉素（AMB）和伏立康唑（VOZ）敏感,对伊曲康唑（ITZ）、卡泊芬净（CS）和氟康唑（FCZ）耐药.结论 镰刀菌可引起人体局限性或播散性感染,对多种抗真菌药物呈现耐药,常危及生命.因此对车祸后经清创、抗感染等治疗后仍发热者,有必要做血液真菌培养.菌株的鉴定可采用表型分析、分子鉴定.     

茄病镰刀菌致ICR小鼠局部皮肤感染的实验研究

目的建立茄病镰刀菌感染皮肤的ICR小鼠模型。方法将茄病镰刀菌三个不同浓度的菌悬液分别接种于正常和免疫抑制ICR小鼠受损及正常未受损的皮肤,于接种后第7、14、21、28天处死动物,取皮疹和各脏器进行真菌镜检、培养和组织病理学检查。结果正常和免疫抑制组皮肤受损的小鼠均出现皮疹,而免疫抑制组皮疹程度重,持续时间长,且真菌镜检、培养及组织病理学大都可见菌丝。皮肤未受损的小鼠不发生皮疹。实验小鼠均未出现系统播散。结论接种109CFU/mL或1010CFU/mL茄病镰刀菌的孢子悬液于免疫抑制ICR小鼠擦伤的皮肤,可有效造成ICR小鼠的茄病镰刀菌皮肤感染。     

Graves眼病合并真菌性角膜感染1例

报道1例应用大剂量糖皮质激素治疗Graves眼病后导致的真菌性角膜感染。一位31岁的甲状腺机能亢进同时伴有双眼突出的女性,视力下降、眼睑浮肿。首先应用抗甲状腺药物(甲巯咪唑),1个月后,突眼症状无改善,遂给予大剂量甲强龙冲击和曲安奈德球后注射以减轻症状。3个月后,该患者出现角膜溃疡,双眼无光感。1周后体温升高,最高达39.5℃,给予抗菌治疗后体温仍波动在36.7～37.3℃之间。角膜溃疡分泌物涂片可见真菌芽孢和菌丝,予甲亢、抗真菌和营养支持治疗。1个月后,患者双眼睑浮肿减轻、角膜溃疡面积减少,视力恢复到可有光感,体温降至正常。     

新月弯孢霉致角膜溃疡1例

报道1例由新月弯孢菌感染引起的角膜溃疡.患者女,42岁.右眼反复红肿、疼痛、伴视力下降长达7a,曾在某院眼科中心诊断为“真菌性角膜炎并穿孔”,给予药物治疗后病情好转,但上述症状反复多次出现,并逐渐加重,视力严重下降,为求进一步诊治来我院就诊,行右眼穿透性角膜移植＋前房成形术,手术顺利,无手术并发症.术后15个月再次出现眼红、眼痛,眼角膜刮片镜检可见宽大分隔菌丝、培养为新月弯孢菌.予抗真菌治疗,病情好转出院.     

Successful Medical Management of Recalcitrant Fusarium solani Keratitis: Molecular Identification and Susceptibility Patterns

Fungal keratitis is a rare but sight-threatening infection of the cornea that may be caused by several fungal pathogens. A delay in diagnosis and inadequate treatment may even lead to loss of the affected eye. Fungal keratitis is often misdiagnosed as bacterial keratitis because isolation and identification of the fungal pathogen is difficult and requires experience, and fungal growth in culture requires time. In this report, a 14-year-old boy with recalcitrant Fusarium solani keratitis, unresponsive to initial therapy, is presented. CLSI M38-A2 in vitro antifungal susceptibility tests demonstrated that only amphotericin B (0.5 μg/ml) had potent activity against F. solani; however, fluconazole (>64 μg/ml), itraconazole (>16 μg/ml), voriconazole (8 μg/ml), and posaconazole (>16 μg/ml) had high minimum inhibitory concentrations. In addition, caspofungin (>16 μg/ml) and anidulafungin (>16 μg/ml) exhibited high minimum effective concentrations. Repeated intrastromal voriconazole injections, topical voriconazole, and caspofungin combined with systemic antifungal agents improved of the corneal lesion with a significant increase in visual acuity. Intrastromal voriconazole injection may be used as an adjunctive treatment method for recalcitrant fungal keratitis with no prominent complications. The intrastromal route could be an effective route of administration of antifungal agents, especially for F. solani keratitis, as in this case. A combination of various antifungal agents administered by different routes prevented loss of the eye.     

MyD88 regulation of Fusarium keratitis is dependent on TLR4 and IL-1R1 but not TLR2

The fungal pathogens Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum cause severe corneal disease in the United States and worldwide and were the causative organisms in a recent outbreak of contact lens-associated keratitis. To characterize innate immunity in Fusarium keratitis, we developed a murine model in which conidia are injected into the corneal stroma. Immunocompetent C57BL/6 mice rapidly developed severe corneal opacification associated with neutrophil infiltration and clearance of Fusarium hyphae. In contrast, neutrophil infiltration was delayed in MyD88-/- mice, resulting in uncontrolled growth of Fusarium hyphae in the corneal stroma and anterior chamber, and eventually resulting in corneal perforation. Corneal opacification scores in TLR2-/-, TLR4-/-, and TLR2/4-/- mice were similar to those of C57BL/6 mice; however, TLR4-/- and TLR2/4-/- mice had impaired antifungal responses. The phenotype of infected IL-1R1-/- mice was similar to that of MyD88-/- mice, with uncontrolled fungal growth resulting in corneal perforation. IL-1R1-/- mice also produced significantly less CXCL1/KC in the corneal stroma compared with C57BL/6 mice consistent with delayed neutrophil recruitment to the corneal stroma. Together, these findings indicate that IL-1R1 and MyD88 regulate CXC chemokine production and neutrophil recruitment to the cornea, and that TLR4 has an important role in controlling growth and replication of these pathogenic fungi.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Aspergillus flavus</Emphasis> Keratitis: Experience of a Tertiary Eye Clinic in Turkey

We investigated the clinical and mycological characteristics of four cases of mycotic keratitis caused by Aspergillus flavus that occurred from July 2014 to May 2015 at Çukurova University Hospital, Adana, Turkey. In a 10-month period, a total of 64 corneal smear/scrapings were examined from patients with suspected mycotic keratitis. Fungal cultures were positive in six of these patients, indicating a 9.4% incidence of mycotic keratitis in this region, including four cases of A. flavus and two cases of Fusarium spp. The predisposing factors, clinical presentation, and success of the therapeutic approaches were further evaluated. For all cases, topical voriconazole was the first choice of treatment. Surgical procedures were required to control infection in 3 of the 4 cases, including intrastromal voriconazole injection for two cases and keratoplasty for one case. Predisposing factors included trauma (two cases, 50%), contact lens use (one case, 25%), and previous ocular surgery (one case, 25%). The clinical presentations also differed, including a well-limited ulcer (one case), an ulcer with an irregular feathery margin (one case), and ulcers with satellite lesions (two cases). The mean duration between the time of presentation and definitive diagnosis by culture was 14 days (8–25 days). We observed that A. flavus keratitis can present with different underlying factors and clinical conditions. A combination of antifungal therapy and supportive surgical intervention may resolve infections caused by A. flavus in the cornea.     

罕见角膜炎致病真菌的体外药敏试验

目的探索角膜炎罕见致病真菌对于临床常用抗真菌药物的敏感性。方法应用美国临床实验室标准化委员会制订的标准M38-A方案进行体外药敏试验。结果束状刺盘孢对4种抗真菌药的MIC值最低,≤4.0μg/ml;茄病镰刀菌次之;淡紫拟青霉的MIC值最高;茄病镰刀菌和淡紫拟青霉对氟康唑耐药。结论束状刺盘孢对氟康唑、酮康唑、伊曲康唑和两性霉素B体外试验敏感;淡紫拟青霉对酮康唑、伊曲康唑和两性霉素B的MIC值较高;茄病镰刀菌和淡紫拟青霉对氟康唑耐药。     

The role of cytokines and pathogen recognition molecules in fungal keratitis - Insights from human disease and animal models

Fungal infections of the cornea are an important cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide, with contact lens wear being the main risk factor in the USA and other industrialized countries, and traumatic injury being the main risk factor in developing countries. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the understanding of the host response to Aspergillus and Fusarium species in infected human corneal tissue and in mouse models of fungal keratitis.     

Characterization of Edenia gomezpompae Isolated from a Patient with Keratitis

Edenia gomezpompae, isolated from a patient suffering from keratitis, who was an agricultural worker with a 4-year history of diabetes mellitus, is described. Fungal hyphae were detected in corneal scrapings after microscopic examination and repeated culture. Isolates were identified by morphology and by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. Chlamydospore characteristics of E. gomezpompae are described for the first time. The in vitro antifungal susceptibilities of the isolate were tested using five antifungal agents. With the exception of fluconazole, the other drugs (natamycin, amphotericin B, itraconazole, and voriconazole) assayed were highly effective against this fungus. The keratitis was cured after debridement of the corneal ulcer and treatment with 5 % natamycin. After 3 months, when the patient was reexamined, the corneal ulcer showed signs of healing, with no recurrence. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of keratitis caused by E. gomezpompae, as well as being the first known case of disease in humans caused by this species.     

Toll-like receptor 2 siRNA suppresses corneal inflammation and attenuates Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis in rats

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key components of innate immunity that detect microbial infection and trigger host defense responses. However, they are capable of initiating both protective and damaging immune responses, as exaggerated expression of inflammatory components can have devastating effects on the host. We previously reported that TLR2 in corneal epithelium has an important role in the pathogenesis of fungal keratitis, however, how the corneal inflammation is modulated remains to be elucidated. This study aims to investigate the effect of targeting TLR2 on Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis in rats. The control or TLR2 small interfering RNA (siRNA) was applied sub-conjunctively and topically to the cornea. TLR2 immunostaining was performed to determine the feasibility of TLR2 siRNA delivery. Production of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines were determined by real-time quantitative PCR. Polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) infiltration was assessed by myeloperoxidase activity. It was found that rat corneas treated with TLR2 siRNA showed a significant reduction of TLR2 expression in corneal epithelium. TLR2 siRNA treatment improved the outcome of keratitis, which was characterized by decreased corneal opacity, less corneal perforation, suppressed PMN infiltration, reduced production of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, and less fungal burden. In conclusion, TLR2 siRNA treatment attenuated A. fumigatus keratitis by suppressing corneal inflammation and preventing fungal invasion, suggesting a novel avenue to control fungal infection and avert damage caused by excessive inflammation.     

Queratomicosis en un centro de atención oftalmológica en la Ciudad de México

BackgroundSome of the most common precipitating events for keratomycoses (fungal keratitis), include surgical trauma (after cornea transplantation), the use of contaminated contact lenses or alterations in lacrimal secretions. Diagnosis and treatment (to avoid loss of vision) for these type of infections are challenging.ObjectiveRetrospective review of the diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology and response to treatment in 219 patients with fungal keratitis in Mexico.MethodsWe have studied the diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology and response to treatment in 219 patients from different states in the Mexican Republic in the Cornea Department at an Ophthalmology Hospital in Mexico D.F.ResultsTrauma was the precipitating event in 77 patients (36%), of which 12 (5.4%) were due to surgical trauma; 152 patients (64.8%) did not report any prior trauma. There were 165 male (75.3%) and 54 female (24.6%) patients, with an average age of 46 years old. For clinical and visual treatment patients were treated with topical and oral antifungals and surgery. One or more surgeries were performed on a total of 81 patients (36.9%). A total of 62 patients (28.3%) received a corneal transplant, and 19 patients (8.7%) were subjected to conjunctival flap or scleral-conjunctival surgery.ConclusionsIn Mexico, keratomycoses affect mostly male patients in a 4:1 ratio over females. Fusarium solani was the most frequent agent of fungal keratitis in our study (37.2%), and the highest number of corneal ulcers and eviscerations (26%) was present in patients infected by Aspergillus. The best therapeutic responses were with combination of topical antifungals against dematiaceous fungi.     

Antifungal activity of rhizospheric bacteria

Fluorescent Pseudomonad spp. were isolated from the rhizosphere of potato plants (Algeria) by serial dilutions of rhizosphere soils on Kings B medium and were tested for their antifungal activity. The antifungal activity of the Pseudomonas isolated from Potatoes rhizosphere was tested against Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum in dual culture with bacteria on PDA. The Petri dish was divided into tow, on one the bacteria was spread and on the opposite side fungal plugs were inoculated and incubated for one week. Fourteen bacteria were isolated; only one isolate inhibited the growth of Pythium ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani; Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici with inhibition zones of 39.9, 33.7, 30.8, 19.9 and 22.5 mm respectively.