Nattrassia mangiferae causing fungal keratitis.
We report a case of fungal keratitis caused by the coelomycetous fungus Nattrassia mangiferae in a 70 year old gentleman, agriculturist by occupation, with a history of injury to his right eye. The scraping showed narrow septate fungal hyphae on a KOH mount, isolation of a fast growing black mould, which demonstrated hyphae and arthroconidia of varying widths typical of the Scytalidium synanamorph (S. dimidiatum). The formation of the pycnidia, which at maturity, expressed conidia. The patient was started on topical itraconazole one hourly and topical atropine thrice a day. The patient was lost to follow up hence we are not able to comment on the final outcome of the patient.
Kindo
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Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai - 600 116, India.
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D000287:Administration, Topical; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole