Mycotic keratitis due to Cylindrocarpon lichenicola: Successful salvage of the eye
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Abstract
We hereby report a successfully salvaged eye due to mycotic keratitis by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in a 60-year-old female from Kasaragod (Kerala). The patient came with a history of pain, photophobia and decreased vision of the right eye. The microbiological investigations of the corneal scraping revealed C. lichenicola. C. lichenicola is a soil saprophyte. Since the ulcer worsened paracentesis followed by therapeutic keratoplasty and adjunct therapy with natamycin drops, voriconazole drops and oral ketoconazole was given. We stress that evidence-based timely medical and surgical intervention helped in the restoration of the vision in an infected eye.
First Page
472
Last Page
474
DOI
10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_399
Publication Date
7-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Suchitra Shenoy, M.; Nayak, Rajesh R.; Pai, Vijay; and Archana Bhat, K., "Mycotic keratitis due to Cylindrocarpon lichenicola: Successful salvage of the eye" (2020). Open Access archive. 196.
https://impressions.manipal.edu/open-access-archive/196
