TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycotic keratitis due to Cylindrocarpon lichenicola
T2 - Successful salvage of the eye
AU - Shenoy, M. Suchitra
AU - Nayak, Rajesh R.
AU - Pai, Vijay
AU - Bhat, K. Archana
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PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - We hereby report a successfully salvaged eye due to mycotic keratitis by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in a 60-year-old female from Kasaragod (Kerala). The patient came with a history of pain, photophobia and decreased vision of the right eye. The microbiological investigations of the corneal scraping revealed C. lichenicola. C. lichenicola is a soil saprophyte. Since the ulcer worsened paracentesis followed by therapeutic keratoplasty and adjunct therapy with natamycin drops, voriconazole drops and oral ketoconazole was given. We stress that evidence-based timely medical and surgical intervention helped in the restoration of the vision in an infected eye.
AB - We hereby report a successfully salvaged eye due to mycotic keratitis by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in a 60-year-old female from Kasaragod (Kerala). The patient came with a history of pain, photophobia and decreased vision of the right eye. The microbiological investigations of the corneal scraping revealed C. lichenicola. C. lichenicola is a soil saprophyte. Since the ulcer worsened paracentesis followed by therapeutic keratoplasty and adjunct therapy with natamycin drops, voriconazole drops and oral ketoconazole was given. We stress that evidence-based timely medical and surgical intervention helped in the restoration of the vision in an infected eye.
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U2 - 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_399
DO - 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_399
M3 - Article
C2 - 33154267
AN - SCOPUS:85095753728
SN - 0255-0857
VL - 38
SP - 472
EP - 474
JO - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
JF - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
IS - 3 4
ER -