Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare but feared infectious ocular complication of injection drug use (IDU).The recent opioid Nail Forms epidemic in the United States threatens to increase the incidence of this disease.We report the first case of endogenous endophthalmitis in the United Magnesium States caused by the emerging fungal pathogen Rhodotorula in an injection drug user which led to no light perception vision (NLP).
Worldwide experience with Rhodotorula endogenous endophthalmitis is limited, but existing cases suggest infection by this particular fungal genus has a grim prognosis.