Non-traumatic 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 ...

Non-traumatic keratitis due to Colletotrichum truncatum

INTRODUCTION The fungal genus Colletotrichum is an uncommon cause of human infections. It has been implicated in cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, artritis and keratitis secondary to traumatic implantation. CASE PRESENTATION We report two cases of keratitis due Colletotrichum truncatum in middle-aged, immunocompetent persons without history of trauma. The aetiological agents were identified based ...

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 ...