Curvularia A Most Common Missed Occulomycosis in Ocular Trauma
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
Curvularia keratitis typically presented as superficial feathery infiltration, rarely with visible pigmentation that gradually became locally suppurative. Smears of corneal scrapings often disclosed hyphae, and culture media showed dematiaceous fungal growth within 1 week. Natamycin had excellent in vitro activity and led to clinical resolution with good vision in most patients with corneal curvulariosis. Curvularia is a most common oculomycosis isolated in ocular traumas especially when the trauma is due to wooden or plant materials. Being, a most common laboratory contaminant, the patience required to maintain aseptic measures in the clinical microbiology laboratories and identification of the fungus on the basis of microscopic characteristics can help from not missing the diagnosis of Curvularia like oculomycosis and thus saving the critical time in management of corneal ulcers.
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Dr. Sunay Sudhir Wanmali
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