Case Report: The Use of In Vivo Confocal Microscopy for Diagnosis and Monitoring in a Rare Case of Ancaliia Algerae Microsporidial Keratitis in New South Wales, Australia

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2023 Nov 20

PMID 37983904

Authors

Kathryn M Sutton

Matthew R Watts

Daniel D Athavale

Noni Lewis

Constantinos Petsoglou

Bernard J Hudson

Suran L Fernando

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Abstract

We describe the successful management of Ancaliia Algerae microsporidial keratitis in an immunosuppressed 54-year-old woman with refractory linear IgA disease. The case highlights the challenges in diagnosis and management of this infection in immunocompromised individuals and emphasizes the usefulness of in vivo confocal microscopy as a novel, noninvasive tool to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of microsporidial keratitis. We also discuss the possible mode of acquisition of this rare infection.

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