Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

CLINICAL STUDY OF FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER

Dr. V. Sree Kumar, Dr. S. Sudeepa Thejolatha

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Corneal ulcer is a major public health problem in the developing world causing prolonged ocular morbidity and visual impairment. In a vast agricultural country like India, particularly where primary health care and referral systems are weak, minor eye injuries sustained in agricultural farms often lead to corneal ulceration of fungal etiology and loss of vision Corneal infections of fungal etiology (19-45%). are common in India Aspergillus (16–53%) and Fusarium (10–47%) are the common incriminating pathogens. 100 patients with fungal corneal ulcers were recruited for the study. All corneal ulcer patients with positive 10% KOH preparation and/or positive . fungal culture results were included in the study. In this study Fusarium was the most common species among the culture positive cases followed by Aspergillusspecies. Natamycin is the chief topical antifungal agent used . Ocular morbidity in fungal infections tends to be greater than that in bacterial keratitis, because the diagnosis is often delayed and available drugs are not very effective. History of injury with vegetable matter, dry looking ulcer, feathery edges, satellite lesions, endothelial plaque and thick hypopyon form a typical presentation. So it is necessary to be aware of the clinical presentation of fungal corneal ulcer to promptly suspect its presence and initiate proper laboratory investigation and implement optimal treatment.

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CLINICAL STUDY OF FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER, Dr. V. Sree Kumar, Dr. S. Sudeepa Thejolatha GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019

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