MYCOTIC KERATITIS

Mycotic Keratitis from Mumbai

Purpose : To find out fungal isolation rate in clinically suspected cases of mycotic keratitis and to identify aetiological agents and risk factors. Methods : 260 suspected cases of mycotic keratitis seen over two and half years from January 2005 to June 2006 were included in the study. Corneal scrapings were subjected to microscopy and fungal culture. Data of patients and various predisposing ...

Comparison of Mycotic Keratitis with Nonmycotic Keratitis: An Epidemiological Study

Purpose. This work aims to study the problems encountered with and the different epidemiological features of patients with fungal keratitis. Patients and Methods. All cases with keratitis attending the Outpatient Clinic of Ophthalmology Department at Tanta University Hospital during three years from the first of January 2011 to the end of December 2013 were selected and carefully examined and c...

Fusarium Strains Isolated from Human Mycotic Keratitis

Mycotic keratitis: epidemiology, diagnosis and management.

Mycotic keratitis (an infection of the cornea) is an important ocular infection, especially in young male outdoor workers. There are two frequent presentations: keratitis due to filamentous fungi (Fusarium, Aspergillus, phaeohyphomycetes and Scedosporium apiospermum are frequent causes) and keratitis due to yeast-like fungi (Candida albicans and other Candida species). In the former, trauma is ...

Mycotic keratitis due to Aspergillus nomius.

We report the first known case of fungal keratitis caused by Aspergillus nomius. Ocular injury was known as a predisposing factor. The patient was treated with natamycin and econazole eye drops, itraconazole eye ointment, and oral ketoconazole. A therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty was performed 16 days after presentation. A sequence-based approach was used to assign the isolate to a species.