International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Abstract
CASE REPORT OF A RARE FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER
Author(s):Rajvin Samuel Ponraj, Srinivasan M, Sundararajan D, Senthamarai S, Sivasankari S, Anitha C, Amshavathani SKThe dematiaceous fungi appear to be an increasing cause of human disease. This was a case of a patient coming with complaints of watering and irritation of right eye following injury to her eye by a stick. Scrappings from corneal ulcer were sent for gram stain, bacterial and fungal culture. Cladosporium species of fungus was isolated from a patient who presented with a corneal ulcer not responding to natamycin drops. Ointment fluconazole was prescribed along with natamycin , moxifloxacin and atropine drops. The corneal ulcer began to respond and healed completely.
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