Ulocladium atrum keratitis.
We report a case of Ulocladium atrum keratitis in a 43-year-old man. No predisposing event was known. He received natamycin and fluconazole drops and the infection resolved. The isolate was identified by morphological and rRNA gene sequence analyses. U. atrum is a dematiaceous hyphomycete not hitherto reported to infect humans.
Badenoch
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Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia. p.badenoch@flinders.edu.au
Halliday
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Ellis
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Billing
K J
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Mills
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D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D004271:DNA, Fungal