CASE REPORT OF A RARE FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
The 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.
Authors and Affiliations
Rajvin Samuel Ponraj| ost graduate student, Dept of Ophthalmology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India, Corresponding author email: samuelpnrj25@gmail.com, Srinivasan M| Professor & Head, Dept of Ophthalmology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India, Sundararajan D| Associate Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India, Senthamarai S| Associate professor, Department of Microbiology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India, Sivasankari S| Asst. professor, Department of Microbiology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India, Anitha C| Tutor, Department of Microbiology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India, Amshavathani SK| Professor & HOD, Department of Microbiology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India
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