Table 3.

Reported cases of eye infection caused by Exophiala as classified by species

Species	Diseases	Age/Sex	Outcome	Possible etiologies	Year	Country	Reference
E. dermatitidis	Orbital abscess	69/F	Healed	STTA, DM	2020	Japan	The current case
	Endophthalmitis	59/M	Healed	Cataract surgery	2018	India	[3]
	Endophthalmitis	60/M	Not healed	PK	2014	USA	[4]
	Subconjunctival mycetoma	44/F	Healed	unknown	2010	Hong Kong	[5]
	Keratitis	52/F	Healed	LASIK	2006	USA	[6]
	Keratitis	75/M	Not healed	PK, steroid	2006	Taiwan	[7]
	Keratitis	31/M	Not healed	PK	1999	France	[8]
	Keratitis (corneal abscess)	35/M	Healed	Recklinghausen’s disease	1990	Czechoslovakia	[9]
E. jeanselmei	Keratitis	41/M	Healed	Plant injury	2013	USA	[10]
	Subconjunctival mycetoma	76/M	Not healed	STTA	2009	USA	[11]
	Keratitis	39/F	Healed	LASIK, rock-climbing	2008	USA	[12]
	Keratitis	58/F	Healed	Trauma	2002	Israel	[13]
	Endophthalmitis	67/M	Not healed	Cataract surgery, steroid	1999	Brazil	[14]
	Endophthalmitis	52/F	Not healed	Cataract surgery, DM	1999	Brazil	[14]
	Keratitis	42/M	Not healed	–	1993	Saudi Arabia	[15]
	Endophthalmitis	–	Not healed	Trauma	1983	–	[16]
E. phaeomuriformis	Keratitis	67/M	Healed	KPro, CL	2018	USA	[17]
	Keratitis	81/F	Healed	Laser treatment, CL	2018	Sweden	[18]
	Keratitis	84/F	Healed	PK	2017	USA	[19]
E. werneckii	Endophthalmitis	83/F	Healed	Not determined	2000	USA	[20]

F female, M male, STTA subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide, PK penetrating keratoplasty, LASIK laser in situ keratomleusis, DM diabetes mellitus, KPro keraoprosthesis, CL contact