Comparative study of impression smear with conventional mechanical corneal scrapping by potassium hydroxide (10%KOH) in diagnosis of fungal keratitis
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Keratitis is an inflammation of the cornea (the clear, front part of the eye) and is often caused by bacteria, viruses, amoeba, fungi. There are two types of keratitis infectious ulcerative keratitis (IUK), caused by infectious pathogens and noninfectious ulcerative keratitis (NIUK), which has a clinical presentation similar to that of IUK but no known infectious cause and is a diverse disease associated with systemic disorders. Fungal keratitis is an inflammation of the cornea caused by a fungus. Fungal keratitis was first described by Leber in 1879. 2,3
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