[Candida chorioretinitis in drug addicts. Apropos of 2 cases]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 1998 May;21(5):387-92.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report two cases of candidal chorioretinitis occurring to two friends who abused of intravenous crack using the same syringe . An endophthalmitis "a minima" due to a therapeutic delay arose in one patient, when a rare spontaneous healing happened to the second patient. In both cases, an epiretinal membrane is noted after the lesions scarred. Ocular candidal infection is a typical complication occurring to intravenous drug addicts. The visual prognosis depends not only on early diagnosis and treatment, but also on a strict follow-up because late complications are frequent in spite of the healing of initial lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candidiasis / etiology*
  • Chorioretinitis / etiology*
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / complications*
  • Crack Cocaine
  • Endophthalmitis / etiology
  • Epiretinal Membrane / etiology
  • Eye Infections, Fungal / etiology*
  • Flucytosine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Needle Sharing
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Crack Cocaine
  • Amphotericin B
  • Flucytosine