Topical fumagillin in the treatment of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in AIDS. 1995

M J Garvey, and P G Ambrose, and J L Ulmer
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.

OBJECTIVE To report microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in a patient infected with HIV who was treated with topical fumagillin. METHODS A 37-year-old white man who was experiencing redness, pain, irritation, decreased vision, and a foreign body sensation occurring in both eyes was referred to the ophthalmology clinic. The patient had a medical history significant for AIDS, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and Cytomegalovirus retinitis. Conjunctival smears were taken and stained positive for the presence of Microsporidia. The patient was diagnosed with bilateral microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis and fumagillin therapy was initiated. After 5 days of therapy, the patient reported significant improvements characterized by a decrease in blurred vision with only slight blurring in the left eye, decrease in headache, and decreased foreign body sensation. The patient continued topical fumagillin therapy for more than 14 months, with only slight blurring in the left eye and no apparent ocular toxicity as a result of fumagillin therapy. CONCLUSIONS Although rare in occurrence, increasing numbers of documented microsporidial infections are being reported in the medical literature, particularly in individuals who are seropositive for HIV. Clinicians need to be cognizant of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis as another opportunistic infection in this patient population. CONCLUSIONS Although a curative agent has yet to be discovered, fumagillin represents a safe, effective, low-cost, topical agent for the treatment of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007639 Keratoconjunctivitis, Infectious Infectious diseases of cattle, sheep, and goats, characterized by blepharospasm, lacrimation, conjunctivitis, and varying degrees of corneal opacity and ulceration. In cattle the causative agent is MORAXELLA (MORAXELLA) BOVIS; in sheep, MYCOPLASMA; RICKETTSIA; CHLAMYDIA; or ACHOLEPLASMA; in goats, RICKETTSIA. Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis,Infectious Keratoconjunctivitides,Keratoconjunctivitides, Infectious
D008297 Male Males
D003510 Cyclohexanes Six-carbon alicyclic hydrocarbons.
D005231 Fatty Acids, Unsaturated FATTY ACIDS in which the carbon chain contains one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bonds. Fatty Acids, Polyunsaturated,Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid,Unsaturated Fatty Acid,Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids,Acid, Polyunsaturated Fatty,Acid, Unsaturated Fatty,Acids, Polyunsaturated Fatty,Acids, Unsaturated Fatty,Fatty Acid, Polyunsaturated,Fatty Acid, Unsaturated,Unsaturated Fatty Acids
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000287 Administration, Topical The application of drug preparations to the surfaces of the body, especially the skin (ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS) or mucous membranes. This method of treatment is used to avoid systemic side effects when high doses are required at a localized area or as an alternative systemic administration route, to avoid hepatic processing for example. Drug Administration, Topical,Administration, Topical Drug,Topical Administration,Topical Drug Administration,Administrations, Topical,Administrations, Topical Drug,Drug Administrations, Topical,Topical Administrations,Topical Drug Administrations
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000981 Antiprotozoal Agents Substances that are destructive to protozoans. Schizonticides,Agents, Antiprotozoal
D012717 Sesquiterpenes Fifteen-carbon compounds formed from three isoprenoid units with general formula C15H24. Farnesanes,Farnesene,Farnesenes,Sesquiterpene,Sesquiterpene Derivatives,Sesquiterpenoid,Sesquiterpenoids,Derivatives, Sesquiterpene

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