Mycotic keratitis by Cladorrhinum.
Cladorrhinum spp (strain CBS 604.75) was isolated, for the first time, from a case of keratomycosis. The patient, a 12 year-old boy, showed a soft white yellowish mycotic excrescence with clear borders which had followed the introduction of a small piece of straw into the cornea. The direct examination of corneal scrapings revealed dark-brown filaments. He was successfully treated with miconazole.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*