Purpose: To identify the fungal strains causing fungal endophthalmitis in a vitreous body and urinary tract stone in our previously published study entitled "A case of binocular endogenous fungal endophthalmitis associated with complicated pyelonephritis: A case report" (Nihon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi, 2019) and verify that they are the identical clones.
Methods: Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry, drug susceptibility testing, and genetic polymorphism analysis were performed on eye- and kidney-isolated and cultured pathogens.
Results: Both fungal strains were identified as Candida albicans based on the results of the three analyses. The characteristics tested were identical in both strains.
Conclusion: Both strains were identical clones.
Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi (J Jpn Ophthalmol Soc) 125: 553-555, 2021.