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We describe the case of a postoperative fungal endophthalmitis caused by  Wickerhamomyces anomalus , an opportunistic yeast common in nature but rare as a causative agent in ocular infections. This would be the second reported case of  W. anomalus  endophthalmitis. A patient came to our hospital with a dense hemovitreous caused by an inadvertent ocular perforation and retinal detachment during a cataract surgery. In the days following the first vitreoretinal surgery a chronic postoperative endophthalmitis was evidenced. Only after several surgeries as well as intravitreal antibiotics and sample takings,  Wickerhamomyces  was detected. The treatment with oral voriconazole and an intraocular lens extraction controlled the infection. Wickerhamomyces anomalus , despite not being particularly aggressive in our case, was resistant to various consequent vitreoretinal surgeries. The unresponsiveness to treatment led us to contemplate the fungal etiology, and fortunately the cultures were positive for this yeast. In conjunction to antifungal therapy, it is possible that the IOL explantation played an important role in the treatment. A high index of suspicion must be held in cases of fungal endophthalmitis. Both IOL explantation and oral antifungal therapy are useful treatment options in cases of  W. anomalus  endophthalmitis.

Wickerhamomyces Anomalus Postoperative Endophthalmitis