Mycotic keratitis due to Engyodontium album: First case report from India

Engyodontium album endocarditis.

This is the first reported case of native valve endocarditis caused by Engyodontium album. This fungus, rarely seen as a human pathogen, is separated from Tritirachium species by its lack of pigmentation and from Beauveria species by the presence of conidiogenous cells in whorls.

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.

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 ...

Keratitis due to Colletotrichum dematium--a case report.

Colletotrichum dematium has been rarely reported from India before. The present case, a farmer, developed peripheral corneal ulcer five days following trauma with plant. At presentation his visual acuity was 6/60 (unaided) and 6/24P with pinhole. Slit lamp and fluorescent stain examination revealed paracentral corneal ulcer with irregular margins, stromal infiltration and multiple epithelial de...

Fusarium Strains Isolated from Human Mycotic Keratitis