Mycotic keratitis by Drechslera spicifera.
The Drechslera state of Cochiobolus spicifer, Nelson 1964, was isolated from a case of keratomycosis. The patient, a 19 year old man, showed a large corneal ulcer with hypopyon associated with the introduction of dust. The direct examination of several scrapings revealed dark-brown hyphae. This species has been reported as a casual agent of a nodular granulomatous mass in the foot of a cat and in the skin of a horse.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*