Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with ocular candidiasis and the intervals of ophthalmologic examinations.
| Age | Sex | Candida spp. | Eye Symptom | Onset to 1st Exam (Days) |
1st Exam to 2nd (Days) |
Diagnosis at 2nd Exam |
Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probable Endophthalmitis | |||||||
| 73 | F | Candida sp. | Poor eyesight | 0 | 3 | No | Thyroid cancer |
| 79 | F | C. albicans | Poor eyesight | 12 | 3 | No | Stomach cancer |
| 66 | M | C. krusei | Poor eyesight | 2 | 7 | Yes | AML, severe neutropenia |
| 76 | M | C. albicans | Myodesopsia | 5 | 9 | No | Pharyngeal cancer |
| 69 | M | C. albicans | Poor eyesight | 4 | 4 | Yes | Pancreatic cancer |
| 37 | M |
C. albicans
C. famata |
Poor eyesight Misty vision |
1 | Died | No | HIV infection |
| 64 | M | C. albicans | Poor eyesight Myodesopsia |
3 | 7 | No | Stomach cancer |
| Probable Chorioretinitis | |||||||
| 65 | F | C. famata | No | 5 | 10 | No | Peritoneal cancer |
| 74 | M | C. albicans | No | 11 | 12 | No | Bile duct cancer |
| 57 | F | C. albicans | No | 3 | 9 | Yes | SAH |
| 75 | M |
C. parapsilosis
C. glabrata |
No | 6 | Died | No | Multiple trauma |
| 56 | F | C. albicans | No | 3 | 8 | No | Acute aortic dissection |
| 77 | F | C. albicans | No | 4 | 20 | No | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| 46 | M | C. krusei | No | 16 | Died | No | Burkitt’s lymphoma |
| 71 | M | C. parapsilosis | No | 6 | 2 | No | Cervical abscess |
| 73 | F | C. albicans | No | 4 | Died | No | Mandibular cancer |
| 63 | F | C. albicans | No | 3 | 6 | No | Pulmonary embolism |
| 66 | M | C. parapsilosis | No | 6 | 5 | No | SAH |
| 73 | M | C. albicans | No | 5 | 8 | No | Ischemic heart disease |
| 78 | M |
C. albicans
C. glabrata |
No | 3 | 8 | No | Pancreas cystic tumor |
| 80 | M | C. albicans | No | 4 | 3 | No | Infectious endocarditis |
| 69 | F | C. glabrata | No | 5 | 7 | No | Cervical cancer |
| 57 | F | C. albicans | No | 3 | Died | No | Ovarian cancer |
| 78 | M | C. albicans | No | 5 | 14 | No | Esophageal cancer |
| 81 | M | C. albicans | No | 4 | Died | No | Malignant melanoma |
| 43 | M | C. albicans | No | 3 | 7 | No | Acidophilic enteritis |
| 68 | M | C. albicans | No | 7 | 5 | No | Colon cancer |
AML, acute myeloid leukemia; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SAH, Sub-arachnoid hemorrhage.