| Beauveria bassiana Causing Keratoscleritis In a Patient with Adrenal Insufficiency |
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Jin Ho Kim, Young Ree Kim, Sun Hyung Kim, Jin Ho Jung, Sang Woon Lee |
Correspondence:
Young Ree Kim,
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| Abstract |
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The Beauveria species, well-known insect pathogens, have been used for biological insecticides. They were increasingly
reported to cause human infections in worldwide, such as mycotic keratitis, disseminated infection in a patient with acute
leukemia, and deep tissue infection. We introduce here a case of keratoscleritis due to the Beauveria bassiana in an
immunocompromised patient with underlying adrenal insufficiency, degenerative arthiritis, and hypertension, initially not
suspected by SDA and LPCB stain and revealed by PCR and 18S rDNA sequencing as the Beauveria species |
| Key Words:
Beauveria, Keratoscleritis, 18S rDNA sequencing |
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