Ocular manifestations of injection drug use

Kim, Rubin W.; Juzych, Mark S; Eliott, Dean

doi:10.1016/s0891-5520(02)00013-2

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“…Disseminated candidiasis is observed primarily in IVDUs, and it may be complicated by Candida arthritis [126], myositis, pneumonia [127], spondylodiscitis [128], and endophthalmitis [129]. The intravenous use of brown heroin in particular often leads to a characteristic syndrome that includes pustular cutaneous lesions, endophthalmitis, and osteomyelitis; C. albicans can be isolated from all of these lesions [130].…”

Section: Lifestyle and Ifismentioning

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Occupation, Lifestyle, Diet, and Invasive Fungal Infections

Sipsas

Kontoyiannis

2008

Infection

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Many professions, especially those involving outdoor activities, are associated with increased environmental exposure to pathogenic fungi and, subsequently, increased risk of IFIs. Inhalation and direct inoculation through minor skin lesions are the most common mechanisms of fungal infection. In addition, different lifestyle practices, such as smoking tobacco or marijuana, body piercing, tattooing, use of illicit intravenous drugs, and pet ownership, various outdoor leisure activities, such as gardening, camping, spelunking, and hunting, and traveling to endemic areas are associated with an increased risk of IFIs. Finally, some modern diet habits dictate the consumption of food or herbal products harboring pathogenic fungi or fungal toxins, which may cause IFIs in susceptible individuals.

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Section: Lifestyle and Ifismentioning

confidence: 99%

Occupation, Lifestyle, Diet, and Invasive Fungal Infections

Sipsas

Kontoyiannis

2008

Infection

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“…Aspergillus endophthalmitis is usually related to systemic or local dissemination, as observed in injection drug users (4) and in immunosuppressed subjects (5)(6) or after cataract surgery (2) . In the present case, no primary foci of hematogenic dissemination were detected, and the patient had no history of surgical procedures.…”

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Secondary glaucoma associated with bilateral Aspergillus niger endophthalmitis in an HIV-positive patient: case report

Paula¹,

Bryk²,

Filho³

et al. 2006

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

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“…Endophthalmitis is the inflammation of the interior ocular tissue and is typically classified as postoperative, posttraumatic, or endogenous [10]. Although hematogenous spreading of pathogens resulted from drug injection is a known uncommon cause of endophthalmitis [10], direct exogenous traumatic endophthalmitis is rarely considered among drug abusers.…”

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“…Although hematogenous spreading of pathogens resulted from drug injection is a known uncommon cause of endophthalmitis [10], direct exogenous traumatic endophthalmitis is rarely considered among drug abusers. Exogenous endophthalmitis is resulted from penetration into the eye such as in postoperative endophthalmitis.…”

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Exogenous Endophthalmitis Due to Illicit Drug Injection in an I.V. Drug User

Tabatabaei¹,

Soleimani²,

Mansouri³

et al. 2015

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How to cite this paper: Tabatabaei, S.A., Soleimani, M., Mansouri, M.R., Ebrahimi, M., Abdi, P. and Esfahani, M.R. (2015) Exogenous Endophthalmitis Due to Illicit Drug Injection in an I.V. Drug User. AbstractBackground: Drug abuse could cause complications; infection and overdose are the most prevalent of them. Unreliable history of addicted patients also makes the diagnosis difficult and leads to delayed treatment and poor prognosis. Early recognition and prompt treatment are required to minimize the destructive damage. To our knowledge, there is not any previous report of bilateral eye injection among drug abusers, causing traumatic endophthalmitis in the English literature and our report helps ophthalmologists to think about rare sources of endophthalmitis. Aim: The aim is to emphasize the importance of considering exogenous endophthalmitis in I.V. drug users who abuse drugs. Methods: A 40-year-old I.V. drug user man was referred complaining a history of the pain, redness and impaired vision of both eyes from three days ago. Perilimbal injection and anterior chamber cellular reaction were present in both eyes. Both corneas were hazy; corneal edema, abscess, sealed corneal lacerations and dull red reflex were visible in both eyes. Results: After an ultrasonography based on the suspicion of endophthalmitis, anterior chamber and vitreous aspiration and intravitreal injection of vancomycin 1 mg and ceftazidime 2.25 mg were performed. The right eye rapidly deteriorated and was eviscerated two days later and the left eye had a good response to medications. Conclusion: This report illustrates that the orbit can be a potential site of drug injection and endophthalmitis should be considered in individuals who abuse drugs.

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Ocular manifestations of injection drug use

Cited by 27 publications

References 72 publications

Occupation, Lifestyle, Diet, and Invasive Fungal Infections

Occupation, Lifestyle, Diet, and Invasive Fungal Infections

Secondary glaucoma associated with bilateral Aspergillus niger endophthalmitis in an HIV-positive patient: case report

Exogenous Endophthalmitis Due to Illicit Drug Injection in an I.V. Drug User

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