title: Post-traumatic corneal mucormycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the study was to report a case of mycotic keratitis caused by the organism Absidia corymbifera (class Zygomycetes, order Mucorales, family Mucoraceae).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A healthy 37-year-old farmer scratched his left cornea on a galvanized nail while working in his barn. Within 24 hours, an infiltrate in the interior cornea developed that advanced superiorly, reducing the vision to hand motion by the following day. He was treated with topical and systemic antibiotics and antifungal medications, but the infiltrate spread to the adjacent nasal limbus.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 11-mm penetrating keratoplasty was performed with an adjacent nasal 7-mm superficial lamellar sclerectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pathologic examination of the keratoplasty specimen.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Corneal cultures grew A. corymbifera. The organisms were identified in tissue sections by light, fluorescent, electron, and immunoelectron microscopy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors believe that this is the first reported case of keratitis caused by an Absidia species and, as such, represents an unusual form of mucormycosis in an otherwise healthy individual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa Eye Institute, Ottawa General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mintsioulis
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gilberg
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: al-Zeerah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents