title: Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Keratitis: a rare fungus from Eastern India.
abstract: Rhodotorula mucilaginosa rarely cause keratitis in immunocompromised individuals. A 30 year old male with history of minor trauma presented with cotton wool like stromal infiltration and hypopyon in left eye. Microbiological examination of corneal scraping showed fungal hyphae and yeast cells in direct smear. Molecular identification of the organism was performed which showed 100% homology with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Management of these cases is difficult often necessitating surgical procedures. However further reports are necessary to understand the disease and establish a treatment protocol.
authors.affiliation: Ocular Microbiology Laboratory Services, Priyamvada Birla Aravind Eye Hospital, 10 Loudon Street, Kolkata; Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India.
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Jayangshu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Debapriya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Debdulal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007634:Keratitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents