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Fungal keratitis caused by rare organisms
Purpose To report two rare cases of filamentous fungal keratitis. Methods Two non-consecutive patients presented with suspicious fungal keratitis. After performing the smear and culture, medical therapy was started for them. They underwent slit photography and in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) in their follow-up visits. Results The patients were 33-year-old and 56-year-old farmer men. They...
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PURPOSE To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae complex. METHODS Case report. RESULTS Our patient presented with a central corneal infiltrate. Fungal culture yielded a Metarhizium species. She was started on antifungal agents with no significant improvement. A therapeutic corneal transplant was performed after perforation. At two years follow up, she was free o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Current Ophthalmology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2452-2325
DOI: 10.1016/j.joco.2017.08.004